Basic characteristics of doctors, nurses, and clerical staff who agreed that paper and/or surgical masks are protective against SARS
| Doctors | Nurses | Clerical Staff | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Agreed | (%) | Total | Agreed | (%) | Total | Agreed | (%) | |
| Types of institution | |||||||||
| General hospitals (4) | 763 | 249 | 36.6 | 4043 | 1977 | 38.3 | 857 | 662 | 77.2 |
| Polyclinics (9) | 99 | 33 | 33.3 | 191 | 84 | 44.0 | 49 | 35 | 71.4 |
| Community hospitals (2) | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 170 | 84 | 49.4 | 15 | 13 | 86.7 |
| Nature of work | |||||||||
| SARS patients | 233 | 55 | 23.6 | 1228 | 520 | 42.3 | 39 | 26 | 66.7 |
| Non-SARS patients | 770 | 218 | 28.3 | 3516 | 1697 | 48.3 | 250 | 187 | 74.8 |
| Members of the public | 365 | 97 | 26.6 | 1780 | 852 | 47.9 | 375 | 280 | 74.7 |
| NA | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 73 | 53 | 72.6 | 374 | 297 | 79.4 |
| Area of work | |||||||||
| Surgical discipline | 271 | 70 | 25.8 | 803 | 387 | 48.2 | 23 | 17 | 73.9 |
| Medical discipline | 341 | 104 | 30.5 | 1219 | 602 | 49.4 | 48 | 34 | 70.8 |
| ICU | 40 | 11 | 27.5 | 496 | 184 | 37.1 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 |
| A&E | 42 | 14 | 33.3 | 93 | 52 | 55.9 | 32 | 25 | 78.1 |
| Radiographic services | 38 | 9 | 23.7 | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 |
| Laboratory services | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 38 | 33 | 86.8 |
| Administrative | 3 | – | – | 35 | 17 | 48.6 | 577 | 459 | 79.5 |
| Others | 86 | 26 | 30.2 | 1412 | 730 | 51.7 | 142 | 99 | 69.7 |
| Nationality | |||||||||
| Local | 744 | 208 | 28.0 | 3011 | 1408 | 46.8 + | 892 | 694 | 77.8 |
| Foreign staff | 124 | 41 | 33.1 | 1376 | 731 | 53.1 | 27 | 15 | 55.6 |
| Mean age (y) | – | 35.8 | – | – | 34.6 | – | – | 38.4 | – |
| Mean length of experience (y) | – | 11.4 | – | – | 12.8 | – | – | 7.6 | – |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 509 | 154 | 30.3 | 146 | 67 | 45.9 | 76 | 60 | 78.9 |
| Female | 358 | 97 | 27.1 | 4244 | 2071 | 48.8 | 842 | 649 | 77.1 |
| Ethnic group | |||||||||
| Chinese | 709 | 202 | 28.5 | 2339 | 1004 | 42.9 | 414 | 327 | 79.0 |
| Malay | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 618 | 329 | 53.2 | 250 | 198 | 79.2 |
| Indian | 89 | 24 | 27.0 | 548 | 255 | 46.5 | 209 | 153 | 73.2 |
| Filipino | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 755 | 478 | 63.3 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 |
| Others | 42 | 17 | 40.5 | 92 | 49 | 53.3 | 24 | 18 | 75.0 |
| Mean IES score | |||||||||
| Intrusive | – | 7.8 | – | – | 9.5 | – | – | 7.3 | – |
| Avoidance | – | 7.3 | – | – | 11.2 | – | – | 10.3 | – |