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Table 1 Participants information and personal effects

From: COVID-19 pandemic effects on orthopaedic surgeons in British Columbia

 

Percentage

Count

In what region do you currently work?

 BC—Vancouver Island Coast

17.24%

15

 BC—Mainland/Southwest

60.92%

53

 BC—Thomsen-Okanagan

11.49%

10

 BC—Kootenay

2.30%

2

 BC—Cariboo

0.00%

0

 BC—North Coast

0.00%

0

 BC—Nechako

6.90%

6

 BC—Northeast

1.15%

1

 Total

100%

87

How old are you?

 < 30 years

0.00%

0

 30–40 years

18.39%

16

 > 40–50 years

37.93%

33

 > 50–60 years

19.54%

17

 > 60–70 years

21.84%

19

 > 70 years

2.30%

2

 Total

100%

87

How would you describe your gender?

 Male

86.21%

75

 Female

9.20%

8

 Transgender

1.15%

1

 Other

0.00%

0

 Prefer not to say

3.45%

3

 Total

100%

87

What division are you in? (select all that apply)

 Arthroscopy, Joint Preservation and Reconstructive Surgery

21.54%

28

 Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic spine

2.31%

3

 Comprehensive orthopaedics

23.85%

31

 Distal Extremities

11.54%

15

 Lower Limb Reconstruction and Oncology

13.08%

17

 Orthopaedic Trauma

16.92%

22

 Paediatrics Orthopaedics

5.38%

7

 Other (please specify)

5.38%

7

 Total

100%

130

How many years have you been practising as a fully-qualified specialist?

 1–3 years

6.90%

6

 3–6 years

10.34%

9

 6–10 years

18.39%

16

 > 10 years

13.79%

12

 > 15 years

16.09%

14

 > 20 years

18.39%

16

 > 30 years

12.64%

11

 > 40 years

3.45%

3

 Total

100%

87

Have you experienced loss of income?

 No, I am on a salary/alternate payment

9.21%

7

 No, I am not on a salary/alternate payment

1.32%

1

 Yes, 25% deficit

32.89%

25

 Yes, 50% deficit

30.26%

23

 Yes, 75% deficit

15.79%

12

 Yes, 100% deficit

1.32%

1

 Other (please specify)

9.21%

7

 Total

100%

76

Have you sought medical help?

 Yes

1.37%

1

 No

98.63%

72

 Total

100%

73

Have you been drinking more heavily?

 Yes

25.00%

18

 No

75.00%

54

 Total

100%

72

Did you have to self-isolate/quarantine at any point during the COVID-19 pandemic?

 Yes

20.93%

18

 No

79.07%

68

 Total

100%

86

Were there any positive COVID-19 tests (confirmed infection)? (select all that apply)

 Patient in my hospital

40.82%

60

 Patient in my department/division

11.56%

17

 Medical staff in my hospital

18.37%

27

 Medical staff in my department/division

4.08%

6

 Other staff in my hospital

17.01%

25

 Other staff in my department/division

1.36%

2

 None of the above

6.80%

10

 Total

100%

147

Are you afraid of infecting others? (select all that apply)

 Yes, family and friends

27.86%

39

 Yes, family, but not friends as I do social-distancing

25.71%

36

 Yes, patients

25.00%

35

 No, I am always wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) at work

10.71%

15

 No, I am not a risk group

7.86%

11

 Other (please specify)

2.86%

4

 Total

100%

140

If yes to afraid of infecting others, what are your methods of prevention? (select all that apply)

 I am not staying at home (staying at the hospital, hotel, secondary home, etc.)

1.20%

2

 I wash and disinfect my hands more than usual.

31.33%

52

 I change my clothes at work more than usual

20.48%

34

 I try to self-distance out home from my family/partner

3.01%

5

 I wear personal protective equipment (PPE) at home to not infect others

0.00%

0

 I avoid physical contact with family/household members

0.60%

1

 I am more careful at work than usual

31.93%

53

 I have taken time of work, vacation, leave of absence

9.64%

16

 Other (please specify)

1.81%

3

 Total

100%

166