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Table 7 Respondents’ satisfaction with government measures

From: Perceived risk and distress related to COVID-19 in healthcare versus non-healthcare workers of Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

Measures

HCWs

NHCWs

HCWs vs NHCWs

Healthcare students

Healthcare graduates

Students vs graduates

Frontline NHCWs

Backend NHCWs

Frontline vs backend

n = 507

n = 589

n = 181

n = 326

n = 216

n = 290

No. (%)

No. (%)

p-value*

No. (%)

No. (%)

p-value*

No. (%)

No. (%)

p-value*

Screening facilities

 Satisfied/very satisfied

104 (20.6)

111 (18.8)

< 0.001

46 (25.6)

58 (17.9)

0.016

39 (18.2)

65 (22.4)

0.245

 Neutral

117 (23.2)

198 (33.6)

44 (24.4)

73 (22.5)

49 (23.0)

68 (23.4)

 Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied

273 (54.2)

248 (42.2)

89 (49.4)

184 (56.8)

124 (57.9)

149 (51.4)

 Don’t know

10 (2.0)

32 (5.4)

1 (0.6)

9 (2.8)

2 (0.9)

8 (2.8)

Laboratory services/testing kits

 Satisfied/very satisfied

109 (21.6)

124 (21.0)

0.028

50 (27.8)

59 (18.1)

0.016

41 (19.1)

68 (23.4)

0.344

 Neutral

134 (26.5)

191 (32.4)

48 (26.7)

86 (26.5)

60 (27.9)

74 (25.6)

 Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied

248 (49.1)

243 (41.3)

78 (43.3)

170 (52.3)

111 (51.6)

137 (47.2)

 Don’t know

14 (2.8)

31 (5.3)

4 (2.2)

10 (3.1)

3 (1.4)

11 (3.8)

Quarantine facilities

 Satisfied/very satisfied

134 (26.6)

157 (26.6)

0.022

56 (31.1)

78 (24.1)

0.012

56 (26.2)

78 (26.9)

0.602

 Neutral

125 (24.8)

179 (30.4)

50 (27.8)

75 (23.1)

51 (23.8)

74 (25.5)

 Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied

228 (45.2)

223 (37.9)

69 (38.3)

159 (49.1)

103 (48.1)

125 (43.1)

 Don’t know

17 (3.4)

30 (5.1)

5 (2.8)

12 (3.7)

4 (1.9)

13 (4.5)

Personal protective equipment

 Satisfied/very satisfied

86 (17.0)

100 (17.0)

< 0.001

39 (21.5)

47 (14.5)

0.072

29 (13.6)

57 (19.6)

0.076

 Neutral

95 (18.8)

186 (31.6)

38 (21.0)

57 (17.6)

37 (17.3)

58 (19.9)

 Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied

311 (61.6)

268 (45.5)

102 (56.4)

209 (64.5)

144 (67.3)

167 (57.4)

 Don’t know

13 (2.6)

35 (5.9)

2 (1.1)

11 (3.4)

4 (1.8)

9 (3.1)

  1. Bold figures are significant
  2. Only the most salient variables have been reported in this table. Percentages of categories “satisfied” and “very satisfied” were merged into category “satisfied/very satisfied”, and categories “unsatisfied” and “very unsatisfied” were merged into “unsatisfied/very unsatisfied”
  3. *Mann–Whitney test
  4. Pearson Chi-square test