Table 1 Respondent’s characteristics and COVID-19 experience
Results (N = 313) | |
|---|---|
Age, yr, median (IQR) | 42 (33–48) |
Sex, F, n (%) | 207 (66.1) |
Profession of HCPs, n (%) | |
Nurse | 179 (57.2) |
General nurse | 143 (79.9) |
Paramedic | 11 (6.1) |
Children’s nurse | 6 (3.4) |
Practical nurse | 5 (2.8) |
Student | 3 (1.7) |
Midwife | 3 (1.7) |
Physician | 134 (42.8) |
Position | |
Consultant | 52 (38.8) |
Senior Consultant | 32 (23.9) |
Head of the ICU | 28 (20.9) |
Resident | 14 (10.4) |
Head of the clinic | 3 (2.2) |
Qualification* | |
Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine | 92 (68.7) |
Intensive care medicine | 27 (20.1) |
Internal medicine | 18 (13.4) |
Palliative care | 14 (10.4) |
Surgery | 12 (9.0) |
Infectious disease | 8 (6.0) |
Other | 7 (5.2) |
ICU experience, yr, median (IQR) | 12 (3–20) |
COVID-19 ICU, n (%) | |
Established ICU | 191 (61.0) |
New COVID-19 ICU | 100 (31.9) |
Type of ICU before COVID-19, n (%) | |
ICU in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine dpt | 180 (57.5) |
Patients/HCPs, ratio | 3.15 |
Patients/Nurses, ratio | 2.46 |
Patients/Physicians, ratio | 4.08 |
Type of hospital, n (%) | |
University (tertiary) hospital | 145 (46.3) |
Secondary hospital | 104 (33.2) |
Primary hospital | 48 (15.3) |
Comfort care experience before COVID-19, Yes, n (%) | 264 (84.3) |
Local protocol available, Yes, n (%) | 97 (31.0) |
Palliative consult available, Yes, n (%) | 128 (40.9) |
Advanced directives experience, Yes, n (%) | 123 (39.3) |
Advanced directives respected, Yes | 97 (78.9) |