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Table 1 Work-related characteristics of respondents between clusters

From: Prevalence and associated factors of COVID-19 across Italian regions: a secondary analysis from a national survey on physiotherapists

Work-related characteristics

 

Cluster 1 (N = 9653)

Cluster 2 (N = 4095)

P-value

PROFESSIONAL FIELD

 Cardio-Respiratory

299

3.1

64

1.6

< 0.001

 Geriatric

1394

14.4

260

6.3

< 0.001

 Neurologic

707

7.3

604

14.7

< 0.001

 Oncologic

53

0.5

29

0.7

0.2678

 Orthopedic-Musculoskeletal

3558

36.9

1413

34.5

< 0.01

 Pediatric

295

3.1

94

2.3

< 0.05

 Urogynecologic

39

0.4

9

0.2

0.094

 Mixed

3308

34.3

1622

39.6

< 0.001

WORKING FACILITIES

 Residential care home

1241

12.9

353

8.6

< 0.001

 Private/public rehabilitation clinics

1882

19.5

1159

28.3

< 0.001

 More than one (e,g., residential care home + private setting)

1222

12.7

414

10.1

< 0.001

 Private/public hospital

2413

25

520

12.7

< 0.001

 Private setting

2343

24.3

806

19.7

< 0.001

 Home

552

5.7

843

20.6

< 0.001

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS

 On Duty At The Workplace

6827

70.7

2388

58.3

< 0.001

 On duty (tele-work)

288

3

171

4.2

< 0.001

 Not on duty (on vacation, leave, parental leave, layoff, sick leave)

951

9.9

743

18.1

< 0.001

 Not on duty (professional activity suspended by law or suspended due to covid-19 outbreak)

1255

13

739

18

< 0.001

 Not on duty (diagnosis of covid-19)

247

2.6

33

0.8

< 0.001

 Quarantined (suspected covid-19)

85

0.9

21

0.5

< 0.05

LIVING WITH SOMEONE INFECTED

 Living With Someone Infected

598

6.1

255

6.0

0.9162

 Using a separate room

299

49.8

119

47.2

0.5004

REORGANIZATION AT THE WORKPLACE

 Reallocation to different unit

719

10.5

89

3.7

< 0.001

 Changing job task

727

10.7

55

2.3

< 0.001

CONTACT WITH POSITIVE PATIENTS

 With PPE

389

26.6

37

26.4

0.9524

 Without PPE

459

31.5

32

22.9

< 0.05

 With or without PPE

848

58.1

69

49.3

< 0.05

 No contact with positive patients

611

41.9

71

50.7

< 0.05

  1. Data are presented as count and percentage (%)
  2. Custer 1 = Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche and Umbria; Cluster 2 = Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia
  3. PPE Personal Protective Equipment