Table 1

Descriptive statistics for workers in primary and specialist care, and HCWs working in healthcare facilities with high and low COVID-19-related workload

Primary careSpecialist careHigh COVID-19-related workloadLow COVID-19-related workload
Mean/(SD)Mean/(SD)Mean/(SD)Mean/(SD)
Age42.0641.1942.0441.42
(7.619)(7.507)(7.629)(7.493)
Women0.870.790.850.81
(0.340)(0.408)(0.355)(0.394)
Immigrant0.350.170.190.38
(0.476)(0.377)(0.395)(0.485)
Occupational groups
Physicians0.060.260.130.16
(0.236)(0.438)(0.334)(0.366)
Nurses0.310.650.440.46
(0.462)(0.478)(0.496)(0.498)
Health professionals0.420.050.280.26
(0.494)(0.211)(0.447)(0.440)
Personal care workers0.210.050.160.12
(0.405)(0.209)(0.363)(0.326)
No of workers60 97334 97818 95523 865
  • Primary care was identified with by the employer’s industrial classification codes (SIC2007); 86.211, 86.901, 87.101, 87.102 and specialist care was identified by the code: 86.101. Occupational groups were defined by the 4-level International Standard Classification of Occupation-08 codes; 2211 and 2212 (physicians); 2221–2223 (nurses); 5321 (health professionals); 5329 (personal care workers)).

  • HCWs, healthcare workers.