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Table 4 SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence for nursing home and home healthcare specific characteristics

From: Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, associated factors, experiences and attitudes of nursing home and home healthcare employees in Switzerland

 

Total N

No presence of antibodies

Presence of antibodies

Home healthcare

131

126

5 (3.8%)

Nursing homes

296

252

44 (14.9%)

Job function

   

 Nurse, care

247

211

36 (14.6%)

 Housekeeping, kitchen and technical services

86

79

7 (8.1%)

 Administration

40

39

1 (2.5%)

 Other

24

23

1 (4.2%)

Work status

   

 Part-time (< 80%)

143

131

12 (8.4%)

 Full-time (80–100%)

282

246

36 (12.8%)

Direct contact with residents/clients at work

   

 To a great extent or always

76

69

7 (9.2%)

 Occasionally

297

260

37 (12.5%)

 None or next to none

25

24

1 (4%)

Unprotected close contact to residents/clients during pandemic

   

 Yes, any

201

179

22 (10.9%)

 No, none

191

169

22 (11.5%)

Care of SARS-CoV-2 positive residents/clients

   

 Yes, currently

8

6

2 (25.0%)

 Yes, in the past

97

80

17 (17.5%)

 No or don’t know

288

264

24 (8.3%)

Self-assessed knowledge (1 = not at all; 10 = fully agree), mean (sd)

   

 Knowing the transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2

9.0 (13.3)

9.0 (13.2)

9.0 (14.1)

 Knowing how to use protective materials for work

9.5 (7.7)

9.5 (7.5)

9.6 (8.7)

 Knowing how to recognize Covid-19 symptoms and suspicious cases

9.0 (13.4)

9.0 (13.8)

9.2 (10.0)

 Knowing the steps to take if a resident/client has Covid-19

9.1 (14.5)

9.1 (14.8)

9.3 (12.5)

Assessment of confidence, risk perception, burden (1 = not at all; 10 = fully confident/likely/serious/burdensome), mean (sd)

   

 Confidence to protect oneself at work from SARS-CoV-2 infection

7.8 (19.2)

7.8 (19.4)

7.9 (17.6)

 Confidence to protect residents/clients from SARS-CoV-2 infection

7.6 (21.0)

7.7 (20.4)

7.2 (25.4)

 Likelihood of contracting the coronavirus at work

4.4 (27.0)

4.3 (26.8)

4.6 (28.6)

 Likelihood of infecting a resident with the coronavirus

5.4 (25.5)

5.4 (25.5)

5.4 (26.5)

 Extent of seriousness of infection with the coronavirus personally

4.5 (26.8)

4.5 (26.8)

4.7 (26.8)

 Burden of protective measures at work for oneself

5.7 (30.3)

5.8 (29.6)

5.3 (33.6)

 Concern of persons in private environment that you work in the health sector

4.9 (31.5)

4.9 (31.1)

4.7 (34.5)

  1. All values are shown as n or n (%) unless otherwise noted
  2. sd standard deviation; SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection
  3. aPrevalence estimates for population sample were calculated using a Bayesian logistic regression model and weighted for age, sex and sensitivity/specificity of the
  4. antibody test