Skip to main content

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and exposure experience of COVID-19

From: Hospital workers mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: methods of data collection and characteristics of study sample in a university hospital in Milan (Italy)

Total sample N = 550

N

%

Female

353

46

Male

197

36

Age group

 20–30

73

13

 31–40

149

27

 41–50

135

25

 51–60

148

27

  > 60

45

8

Occupational role

 Physician

164

29

 Nursing staff

222

40

 Health assistant

33

6

 Administrative staff

60

11

 Othersa

71

13

Chronic disease

189

34

Positive to nasopharyngeal swab

60

11

Experience of quarantine

90

16

COVID-19 area working experience

Never

225

41

Previous

125

23

Current

200

36

Colleague infected

455

83

Family member infected

75

14

Family member hospitalized (due to COVID-19)

18

3

Family member deceased (due to COVID-19)

10

2

Previous professional experiences with infectious diseases

209

38

Specific training on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

395

72

 

Mean

SD

Seniority of current occupational role (years)

15

11

Working years in the current Hospital (years)

15

11

Overall working years in the healthcare system (years)

18

11

  1. a “others” job categories include healthcare technicians, N = 55, 10%; auxiliary technicians, N = 15, 3%; psychologists, N = 1, 0.2%