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Table 2 Responses of health-care workers to concern statements about the MERS outbreak in Saudi Arabia

From: An assessment of the level of concern among hospital-based health-care workers regarding MERS outbreaks in Saudi Arabia

 

Agree/Strongly agree

n (%)

Disagree/Strongly disagree

n (%)

A. Self-satisfaction domain

 1. I feel unsafe working at my workplace.

379 (36.8)

652 (63.2)

 2. I feel anxious while working with a febrile patient.

434 (42.1)

597 (57.9)

 3. I feel at risk to contract a MERS-CoV infection at work.

726 (70.4)

305 (29.6)

 4. I feel obliged to care for a MERS-CoV-infected patient.

628 (60.9)

403 (39.1)

 5. I feel hopeless I might eventually get a MERS-CoV at work.

366 (35.5)

665 (64.5)

 6. I feel threatened if one of my colleagues contracted MERS-CoV.

712 (69.1)

319 (30.9)

 7. If I get MERS-CoV, I don’t feel confident an employee will care for me?

345 (33.5)

686 (66.5)

B. Social status-related domain

 1. I feel that I should limit my social activities due to MERS-CoV.

402 (39.0)

629 (61.0)

 2. I feel I will transmit MERS-CoV to my family members.

458 (45.1)

573 (54.9)

 3. I feel that my family members avoid me since I work in hospital.

106 (10.3)

925 (89.7)

 4. I feel I should avoid leaving my home due to MERS-CoV.

167 (16.2)

864 (83.8)

 5. I feel my family will not look after me if I was infected.

89 (8.6)

942 (91.4)

 6. I don’t feel confident telling my family and friends if I was infected.

181 (17.6)

850 (82.4)

C. Workplace-related domain

 1. I feel that my institution didn’t support me during the MERS-CoV crisis.

163 (15.8)

868 (84.2)

 2. I feel that my institution is losing control of the MERS-CoV crisis.

135 (13.1)

896 (86.9)

 3. I feel overwhelmed with the new MERS-CoV regulations.

491 (47.6)

540 (52.4)

 4. I feel MERS-CoV crisis increased my workload.

377 (36.6)

654 (63.4)

 5. I feel that the increase in workload was not meet with proper staffing.

502 (48.7)

529 (51.3)

 6. I feel absence from work reduces the chance of getting MERS-CoV.

169 (16.4)

862 (83.6)

 7. In case I had MERS-CoV, I feel ashamed telling my manager/colleagues.

93 (9.0)

938 (91.0)

 8. I feel I should change my current job due to MERS-CoV crisis.

73 (7.1)

958 (92.9)

D. Infection control-related domain

 1. I am not confident with the current infection control measures.

151 (14.6)

880 (85.4)

 2. I don’t feel proper infection control training has been offered to me.

219 (21.2)

812 (78.8)

 3. I don’t feel an infection specialist is accessible to respond to my concerns.

141 (13.7)

890 (86.3)

 4. I don’t feel there is MERS-CoV outbreak plan set at my area.

296 (28.7)

735 (71.3)

 5. I don’t feel safe at work when I use the standard precautions.

906 (87.9)

125 (12.1)

E. Government-related domain

 1. I feel the government should restrict travel from /to areas of disease.

760 (73.7)

271 (26.3)

 2. I feel the government should isolate MERS-CoV cases in special hospitals

904 (87.7)

127 (12.3)

 3. I feel government should avoid inviting expatriates infected areas.

673 (65.3)

358 (34.7)

 4. I feel schools and shopping markets need to be closed to control MERS-CoV.

196 (19.0)

835 (81.0)

 5. I don’t feel MERS-CoV has been highlighted and discussed efficiently in media.

245 (23.8)

786 (76.2)

  1. Abbreviation: MERS-CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus