Levels of protection among staff and family
| Protection | n (%) | Type of practice | Type of clinic | Exposure to SARS | Anxiety level | Infection area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo (%) | Group (%) | Private (%) | Public (%) | Exposed (%) | Non-exposed (%) | High (%) | Low (%) | High (%) | Low (%) | ||
| *Significant at 0.05 level; **significant at 0.01 level. | |||||||||||
| Staff required to wear masks | 130 (97.0) | 95.6 | 100.0 | 96.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 92.3** | 98.5 | 95.5 | 95.7 | 97.5 |
| Cleaned work surface with antiseptics | 125 (92.6) | 92.2 | 93.2 | 93.2 | 93.8 | 91.6 | 94.2 | 89.7 | 95.5 | 87.0 | 96.3* |
| Staff had temperature taken | 34 (25.2) | 25.6 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 43.8 | 26.5 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 26.9 | 32.6 | 19.8 |
| Staff wore disposable gloves | 34 (25.2) | 25.6 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 50.0* | 33.7 | 11.5** | 32.4 | 17.9* | 30.4 | 19.8 |
| Quarantined leave to staff | 80 (59.7) | 58.4 | 61.4 | 62.4 | 33.3* | 56.6 | 64.7 | 58.2 | 61.2 | 41.3 | 71.3** |
| Doctor showered before going home | 109 (80.7) | 80.0 | 84.1 | 80.3 | 93.8 | 78.3 | 84.6 | 80.9 | 80.6 | 78.3 | 81.5 |
| Doctors washed hands before entering home | 95 (70.4) | 71.1 | 70.5 | 70.9 | 75.0 | 71.1 | 69.2 | 79.4 | 61.2* | 82.6 | 63.0* |
| Doctors used disinfectant to clean home | 97 (71.9) | 73.3 | 70.5 | 73.5 | 62.5 | 74.7 | 67.3 | 70.6 | 73.1 | 87.0 | 65.4** |
| Doctors stayed away from home | 9 (6.7) | 5.6 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 18.8* | 7.2 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 7.4 |
| Doctor wore a mask in home | 6 (4.4) | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 2.5 |
| Doctor sent family away | 4 (3.0) | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |