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Table 1 Demographic and occupational characteristics by country

From: Workplace factors associated with mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional study

 

China

UK

US

Other

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Overall

1213

100.0

891

100.0

252

100.0

171

100.0

2527

100.0

Gender

 Male

171

14.1

242

27.2

43

17.1

50

29.2

506

20.0

 Female

1042

85.9

649

72.8

209

82.9

121

70.8

2021

80.0

Age

 18–25

188

15.5

72

8.1

7

2.8

8

4.7

275

10.9

 26–33

525

43.3

307

34.5

43

17.1

41

24

916

36.2

 34–40

226

18.6

202

22.7

62

24.6

37

21.6

527

20.9

 41–48

179

14.8

175

19.6

67

26.6

43

25.1

464

18.4

 49+

95

7.8

135

15.2

73

29.0

42

24.6

345

13.7

Living arrangements

 Lives with others

1120

92.3

756

84.8

201

79.8

147

86.0

2224

88.0

 Lives alone

93

7.7

135

15.2

51

20.2

24

14.0

303

12.0

Role

 Doctors

165

13.6

496

55.7

114

45.2

99

57.9

874

34.6

 Nurses

993

81.9

244

27.4

97

38.5

33

19.3

1367

54.1

 Other

55

4.5

151

16.9

41

16.3

39

22.8

286

11.3

Involved in care of person who died of COVID-19

 No

1002

82.6

401

45

117

46.4

137

80.1

1657

65.6

 Yes

211

17.4

490

55

135

53.6

34

19.9

870

34.4

Redeployment

 Not redeployed

623

51.4

557

62.5

169

67.1

129

75.4

1478

58.5

 General medicine

51

4.2

71

8.0

15

6.0

5

2.9

142

5.6

 Emergency medicine

49

4

29

3.3

6

2.4

7

4.1

91

3.6

 Intensive Care Unit

59

4.9

168

18.9

45

17.9

15

8.8

287

11.4

 Other

431

35.5

66

7.4

17

6.7

15

8.8

529

20.9

Redeployment: training received (of those redeployed)

 No training/ not satisfied

248

42.0

199

59.6

54

65.1

22

52.4

523

49.9

 Satisfied with training

342

58.0

135

40.4

29

34.9

20

47.6

526

50.1

PPE: perceived risk

 Low

1025

84.5

707

79.3

191

75.8

136

79.5

2059

81.5

 High

188

15.5

184

20.7

61

24.2

35

20.5

468

18.5

Support in area/ specialty

 Adequate

1084

89.4

732

82.2

166

65.9

120

70.2

2102

83.2

 Poor

129

10.6

159

17.8

86

34.1

51

29.8

425

16.8

Mental health support

 Adequate

853

70.3

476

53.4

115

45.6

63

36.8

1507

59.6

 Poor

360

29.7

415

46.6

137

54.4

108

63.2

1020

40.4

  1. ‘Other’ roles include allied healthcare professionals, interns, and hospital management/administrative staff; ‘Other’ redeployment includes contingency planning and telehealth
  2. ICU Intensive Care Unit, PPE Personal Protective Equipment