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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

From: Holding the frontline: a cross-sectional survey of emergency department staff well-being and psychological distress in the course of the COVID-19 outbreak

 

Total (n = 192)

ED 1 (n = 63)

ED 2 (n = 39)

ED 3 (n = 25)

ED 4 (n = 65)

Gender, n (%)

Male

52 (27.1)

22 (34.9)

9 (23.1)

5 (20.0)

16 (24.6)

Female

140 (72.9)

41 (65.1)

30 (76.9)

20 (80.0)

49 (75.4)

Age in years, mean (SD)

39.6 (11.8)

41.5 (12.7)

40.1 (11.3)

41.4 (10.2)

36.9 (11.5)

Professional function

Nurse, n (%)

104 (54.2)

33 (52.4)

24 (61.5)

13 (52.0)

31 (47.7)

Physiciana, n (%)

53 (27.6)

14 (22.2)

9 (23.1)

6 (24.0)

24 (36.9)

Administrative staffb, n(%)

25 (13.0)

9 (14.3)

5 (12.8)

6 (24.0)

0 (0)

Nursing assistants, n (%)

10 (5.2)

1 (1.6)

1 (2.6)

0 (0)

8 (12.3)

Employed in the emergency department

Yes

160 (83.3)

55 (87,3)

38 (97,4)

25 (100,0)

42 (64,6)

No

32 (16.7)

8 (12.7)

1 (2.6)

0 (0)

23 (35.4)

Years of work experience in current function, mean (SD)

7.1 (7.3)

7.8 (7.7)

7.9 (8.2)

6.8 (7.3)

6.0 (6.1)

Working hours per week, mean (SD)

31.4 (8.8)

30.9 (9.8)

29.6 (5.9)

29.5 (6.1)

33.7 (9.8)

Work shifts since the first COVID-19 outbreakc

Increased, n (%)

77 (40.1)

33 (52.4)

13 (33.3)

13 (52.0)

18 (27.7)

Decreased, n (%)

6 (3.1)

2 (3.2)

1 (2.6)

0 (0)

3 (4.6)

No changes, n (%)

109 (56.8)

28 (44.4)

25 (64.1)

12 (48.0)

44 (67.7)

Treated COVID-19 patients, n (%)

167 (87.0)

48 (76.2)

34 (87.2)

23 (92.0)

62 (95.4)

  1. aMedical specialists and residents
  2. bSecretary, administrative support, care coordinators
  3. cMarked by February 27, 2020 (on this date, the first COVID-19 patient was hospitalized in the Netherlands)