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Table 1 Biographic characteristics and fear of contagion

From: Waiting to inhale: factors associated with healthcare workers’ fears of occupationally-acquired tuberculosis (TB)

 

Total n = 882(%)

Fear TB contagion n(Row %)

P value

Sexa

 Male

249 (28.3)

168 (67.5)

 

 Female

631 (71.7)

425 (67.4)

.974

Age (Mean, SD)

43.6 (9.9)

43.2 (9.9)

.070

Education

 Secondary school and lower

206 (23.4)

117 (56.8)

 

 Matric

306 (34.7)

209 (68.3)

 

 Tertiary

370 (42.0)

267 (72.2)

.001

Occupationa

 Administration or management

116 (13.2)

77 (66.4)

 

 Clinical HCWs

446 (50.7)

317 (71.1)

 

 Support

318 (36.1)

199 (62.6)

.046

Years working as a HCW (Mean, SD)

14.8 (10.7)

15.5 (10.5)

.259

  1. an = 880