Description of the analysed cohort
| Variable | Description N=8649 |
| Ethnicity | |
| White Asian Black Mixed Other | 5900 (68.2) 1820 (21.0) 371 (4.3) 360 (4.2) 198 (2.3) |
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 44 (34–53) |
| Missing | 43 (0.5) |
| Sex | |
| Male Female Missing | 2202 (25.5) 6429 (74.3) 18 (0.2) |
| Occupation | |
| Medical/medical support Nursing (inc. midwives, nursing associates) Allied health professionals* Dental Administrative/estates/other Missing | 2366 (27.4) 1903 (22.0) 3360 (38.9) 289 (3.3) 446 (5.2) 285 (3.3) |
| Migration status | |
| Born in the UK Born overseas Missing | 6249 (72.3) 2379 (27.5) 21 (0.2) |
| Exposure to patients with COVID-19 during lockdown | |
| None (or remote contact only) Face-to-face with social distancing only Physical contact Missing | 4122 (47.7) 520 (6.0) 3938 (45.5) 69 (0.8) |
| Number of long-term physical health conditions† | |
| 0 1 ≥2 Missing | 5819 (67.3) 1721 (19.9) 419 (4.8) 690 (8.0) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | |
| <25 ≥25 and <30 ≥30 Missing | 3675 (42.5) 2360 (27.3) 1513 (17.5) 1101 (12.7) |
| Perceived risk of being hospitalised with COVID-19 in the next 6 months (scale 0–100), median (IQR) | 20 (5–50) |
| Missing | 534 (6.2) |
| Level of concern about unknowingly spreading COVID-19 | |
| Not at all concerned A little concerned Quite concerned Very concerned Missing | 1071 (12.4) 3023 (35.0) 2197 (25.4) 1891 (21.9) 467 (5.4) |
| SARS-CoV-2 infection status (on 1 May 2020) | |
| Uninfected Infected Missing | 7075 (81.8) 1068 (12.4) 506 (5.9) |
| Cohabitation with those over 65 years old | |
| Does not live with someone over the age of 65 Lives with someone over the age of 65 Missing | 7842 (90.7) 591 (6.8) 216 (2.5) |
Table 1 provides a description of the 8649 HCWs who worked for the NHS during lockdown and at the time of questionnaire response, provided information on their ethnicity and answered the question about being offered risk assessments. All data in the right-hand column are n (%) unless stated otherwise.
*Include pharmacists, health scientists, ambulance workers and those in optical roles.
†Include diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, previous stroke, kidney or liver disease, asthma, lung condition other than asthma, cancer, neurological disease, organ transplant and immunosuppression.
HCWs, healthcare workers; NHS, National Health Service.