Description of the study population within five areas of work, including background characteristics, COVID-19-risk management at the workplace and fear of infection and transmission
| Eldercare n=1735 | Hospital/rehabilitation n=340 | Psychiatry n=247 | Childcare n=161 | Ambulance n=140 | P value | |
| Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | ||
| Covariates | ||||||
| Sex (women) | 95 | 81 | 81 | 89 | 10 | <0.001 |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | |||||
| ≤39 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | |
| 40–49 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 36 | |
| 50–59 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 55 | 17 | |
| ≥60 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 4 | |
| Job title | <0.001 | |||||
| Social and healthcare assistants and similar | 54 | 69 | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social and healthcare helpers and similar | 43 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ambulance personnel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| Kitchen and cleaning personnel, and janitors | 3 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pedagogical helpers and assistants | 0.4 | 0 | 14 | 60 | 0 | |
| Childminder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Region | <0.001 | |||||
| Capital region of Denmark | 22 | 34 | 22 | 26 | 21 | |
| Region Zealand and Region of Southern Denmark | 42 | 39 | 44 | 38 | 67 | |
| North Denmark Region and Central Denmark Region | 37 | 28 | 34 | 36 | 12 | |
| Insecurity about guidelines concerning contact with clients/patients who are… | ||||||
| Infected | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 0.511 |
| Potentially infected | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0.937 |
| Not infected | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0.648 |
| Exposure to infection, access to test and personal protective equipment (PPE) | ||||||
| Exposure to infection | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 7 | 47 | 69 | 65 | 7 | |
| Yes | 6 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 71 | |
| Do not know | 21 | 19 | 25 | 35 | 22 | |
| Lack of PPE | 21 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 29 | <0.001 |
| Access to test | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 32 | 45 | 34 | 2 | 44 | |
| No | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | |
| Do not know | 44 | 28 | 39 | 44 | 3 | |
| I do not take care of critical functions | 1 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Communication and trust in workplace | ||||||
| Clear communication of guidelines | 86 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 0.073 |
| Feel secure regarding organisation and planning of my work | 76 | 79 | 79 | 83 | 71 | 0.074 |
| My workplace is well prepared to perform work tasks | 70 | 79 | 70 | 77 | 78 | 0.003 |
| The workplace pays attention to vulnerable employees | 45 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 39 | <0.001 |
| Fear of infection and transmission | ||||||
| Fear of being infection during work | 40 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 49 | 0.003 |
| Fear of transmitting infection from work to private the sphere | 52 | 51 | 45 | 53 | 68 | 0.001 |
| Fear of transmitting infection to clients during work | 55 | 41 | 38 | 30 | 41 | <0.001 |