Table 3 Perceived severity and susceptibility for COVID-19
Variable | Perception | HCWs | NHCWs | HCWs vs NHCWs | Healthcare students | Healthcare graduates | Students vs graduates | Frontline HCWs | Backend HCWs | Frontline vs backend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 507 | n = 899 | n = 181 | n = 326 | n = 216 | n = 290 | |||||
No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value* | No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value* | No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value* | ||
Susceptibility | ||||||||||
1. I might contract the disease if no preventive measure is taken | Agree | 382 (75.3) | 636 (70.7) | 0.506 | 120 (66.3) | 262 (80.4) | 0.011 | 179 (82.9) | 203 (69.8) | 0.003 |
Neutral | 41 (8.1) | 128 (14.3) | 18 (9.9) | 23 (7.1) | 17 (7.9) | 24 (8.2) | ||||
Disagree | 81 (16.0) | 129 (14.3) | 42 (23.2) | 39 (11.9) | 20 (9.2) | 61 (21.0) | ||||
Don’t know | 3 (0.6) | 6 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 3 (1.0) | ||||
2. My family might contract the disease if no preventive measure is taken | Agree | 389 (76.7) | 642 (71.4) | 0.539 | 121 (66.8) | 268 (82.2) | 0.008 | 181 (83.8) | 208 (71.5) | 0.006 |
Neutral | 31 (6.1) | 116 (12.9) | 15 (18.3) | 16 (4.9) | 10 (4.6) | 21 (7.2) | ||||
Disagree | 84 (16.6) | 133 (14.8) | 44 (24.3) | 40 (12.3) | 25 (11.6) | 59 (20.3) | ||||
Don’t know | 3 (0.6) | 8 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 3 (1.0) | ||||
3. I might contract COVID-19 if one of my family members tests positive for the disease | Agree | 350 (69.3) | 594 (66.1) | 0.559 | 118 (65.6) | 232 (71.4) | 0.637 | 158 (73.5) | 192 (66.3) | 0.138 |
Neutral | 60 (11.9) | 140 (15.5) | 18 (10.0) | 42 (12.9) | 24 (11.2) | 36 (12.4) | ||||
Disagree | 79 (15.6) | 139 (15.5) | 38 (21.1) | 41 (12.6) | 27 (12.5) | 52 (17.9) | ||||
Don’t know | 16 (3.2) | 26 (2.9) | 6 (3.3) | 10 (3.1) | 6 (2.8) | 10 (3.4) | ||||
Severity | ||||||||||
1. Seriousness of symptoms caused by SARS-CoV 19 | Severe | 232 (45.8) | 342 (38.0) | 0.916 | 96 (53.0) | 136 (41.7) | 0.04 | 93 (43.1) | 139 (47.9) | 0.045 |
Neutral | 148 (29.2) | 192 (21.4) | 45 (24.9) | 103 (31.6) | 64 (29.6) | 84 (28.9) | ||||
Not Severe | 82 (16.1) | 127 (14.1) | 23 (12.7) | 59 (18.1) | 44 (20.4) | 38 (13.0) | ||||
Don’t know | 45 (8.9) | 238 (26.5) | 17 (9.4) | 28 (8.6) | 15 (6.9) | 30 (10.2) | ||||
2. Chance of survival if infected with COVID-19 | High | 356 (70.2) | 596 (66.3) | 0.807 | 124 (68.5) | 232 (71.2) | 0.46 | 147 (68.1) | 209 (71.8) | 0.188 |
Neutral | 105 (20.7) | 173 (19.2) | 40 (20.1) | 65 (19.9) | 49 (22.7) | 56 (19.3) | ||||
Not high | 34 (6.7) | 51 (5.7) | 13 (7.2) | 21 (6.4) | 17 (7.9) | 17 (5.8) | ||||
Don’t know | 12 (2.4) | 79 (8.8) | 4 (2.2) | 8 (2.5) | 3 (1.3) | 9 (3.1) | ||||