Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the ID physicians
Characteristics | Total, n = 115 (%) | COVID-19 patient care | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 78) | No (n = 37) | |||
Sex, Female | 67 (58.3) | 43 (55.1) | 24 (64.9) | 0.323 |
Age, median (IQR), years | 41 (37–48) | 42 (37–48) | 41 (38–47) | 0.904 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 94 (81.7) | 66 (84.6) | 28 (75.7) | 0.246 |
Have children | 86 (74.8) | 62 (79.5) | 24 (64.9) | 0.092 |
Position in hospital | ||||
Director of an ID department | 53 (46.1) | 33 (42.3) | 20 (54.1) | 0.238 |
Director of an Infection Control team | 48 (41.7) | 28 (35.9) | 20 (54.1) | 0.065 |
Both | 30 (26.1) | 13 (16.7) | 17 (45.9) | 0.001 |
Numbers of ID specialists in the hospital, median (IQR) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 2 (1–3) | 0.194 |
Length of career as an ID specialist (IQR), years | 8 (4–13) | 9 (3–13) | 7 (4–14) | 0.817 |
Type of hospital | < 0.001 | |||
University-affiliated hospital | 86 (74.8) | 65 (83.3) | 21 (56.8) | |
Private, non-university-affiliated hospital | 19 (16.5) | 5 (6.4) | 15 (40.5) | |
Public, non-university-affiliated hospital | 9 (7.8) | 8 (10.3) | 1 (2.7) | |
Number of hospital beds | < 0.001 | |||
≥ 1200 | 22 (19.1) | 16 (20.5) | 6 (16.2) | |
900–1200 | 21 (18.3) | 21 (26.9) | 0 | |
600–900 | 45 (39.1) | 29 (37.2) | 16 (43.2) | |
300–600 | 24 (20.9) | 12 (15.4) | 12 (32.4) | |
< 300 | 3 (2.6) | 0 | 3 (8.1) | |
Participation in COVID-19 related night duty | 68 (59.1) | 56 (71.8) | 12 (32.4) | < 0.001 |
Working hours per week | ||||
Recent 2 weeks (April 2020), median (IQR), h | 62 (50–74) | 65 (54–76) | 52 (45–62) | < 0.001 |
During COVID-19 outbreak, median (IQR), h | 84 (66–102) | 90 (75–115) | 70 (53–84) | < 0.001 |