Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
From: Health care workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review
Type of HCW | Frequency n (%) |
|---|---|
Nurses | 63 (39.13) |
Doctors/physicians | 24 (14.90) |
Residents/students | 7 (4.34) |
Affiliated staffa | 2 (1.24) |
Pharmacists | 1 (0.62) |
Community health workers | 1 (0.62) |
Physical therapists | 1 (0.62) |
Midwives | 1 (0.62) |
Support staff working with people with intellectual disabilities | 1 (0.62) |
Home health care workers | 1 (0.62) |
Health and social care workers | 1 (0.62) |
Managerial staff | 1 (0.62) |
Multiple groups | 57 (35.40) |
Frontline staff | |
 Yes | 71 (44.09) |
 No | 39 (24.22) |
 Both | 19 (11.80) |
 Not clear | 32 (19.87) |
Healthcare setting | |
 Hospitals | 95 (59.00) |
 Primary care settings | 9 (5.59) |
 Nursing homes | 6 (3.72) |
 Home care | 1 (0.62) |
 Residential disability support service | 1 (0.62) |
 Community pharmacy | 1 (0.62) |
 Prison | 1 (0.62) |
 School | 1 (0.62) |
 Independent abortion clinics | 1 (0.62) |
 COVID-19 outpatient clinic | 1 (0.62) |
 Multiple | 28 (17.39) |
 Not clear | 16 (9.93) |
World Bank income level of countries studied | |
 High | 98 (60.86) |
 Upper middle | 44 (27.32) |
 Lower middle | 10 (6.21) |
 Low | 1 (0.62) |
 Not applicable | 1 (0.62) |
 Multiple | 7 (4.34) |
Data collection tools | |
 Interviews | 100 (62.11) |
 Open-ended questionnaires | 40 (24.84) |
 Focus Groups | 8 (4.96) |
 Social media, online platforms or recording systems submissions | 5 (3.10) |
 Observations | 1 (0.62) |
 Open reflections | 1 (0.62) |
 Multiple | 6 (3.72) |