Table 1 Demographic and Dispatch Experiences at COVID-19 Frontline [Working environment, Workload, Working Location, Satisfaction, and perceived threat of COVID-19 infection] (N = 350)
Item no. | Variables | Responses |
|---|---|---|
Demographic and occupational characteristics | ||
 S1.1–1 | Age (mean (SD)) | 28.9 (2.11) |
 S1.1–3 | Marriage (unmarried/married) | 291 (83%)/59 (17%) |
 S1.1–4 | Having children (no/yes) | 330 (94%)/20 (6%) |
 S1.1–2 | Level of education (college of medicine/medical school/master/doctor) | 184 (53%)/145 (41%)/19 (5%)/2 (1%) |
 S1.1–6 | Medical training prior to becoming PHD (general practitioner/intern/specialist) | 220 (63%)/71 (20%)/59 (17%) |
 S1.1–7 | Duration of experience for PHD duty (1st year/2nd year/3rd year) | 146 (42%)/113 (32%)/91 (26%) |
Working environment and workload of COVID-19 dispatch | ||
 S1.2–1 | Amount of education for COVID-19 frontline work prior to dispatch (<  8 h/≥ 8 h) | 257 (73%)/93 (27%) |
 S1.2–2 | Time interval between the notification and start of dispatch (<  7 days/≥ 7 days) | 270 (77%)/80 (23%) |
 S1.4–1-1 | Working of COVID-19 duties per week (<  35 h/35–45 h/> 45 h) | 130 (37%)/132 (38%)/88 (25%) |
 S1.4–1-2 | Number of nasopharyngeal swabs conducted per day (< 10/10–19/20–29/30–39/≥ 40) | 82 (23%)/110 (31%)/71 (20%)/43 (12%)/44 (13%) |
 S1.4–1-4 | Supply of protection equipment (always adequate-sometimes inadequate/often-always inadequate) | 289 (83%)/61 (17%) |
Working location of dispatch for COVID-19 | ||
 S1.2–3 | Working at a COVID-19 triage center of your stationed city or county (yes/no) | 303 (87%)/47 (13%) |
 S1.2–4 | Dispatched outside of pre-stationed city (yes/no) | 227 (65%)/123 (35%) |
 S1.2–6 | Dispatched to Daegu (major outbreak during 2020/02–03) for COVID-19 management (yes/no) | 123 (35%)/227 (65%) |
 S1.2–7 | Form of COVID-19 frontline dispatched: screening center (yes/no) | 298 (85%)/52 (15%) |
Form of COVID-19 frontline dispatched: airport/port quarantines (yes/no) | 48 (14%)/302 (86%) | |
Form of COVID-19 frontline dispatched: makeshift shelters (yes/no) | 73 (21%)/277 (79%) | |
Form of COVID-19 frontline dispatched: isolation facility for foreign entrants (yes/no) | 66 (19%)/284 (81%) | |
Form of COVID-19 frontline dispatched: intensive care unit of general hospital (yes/no) | 73 (21%)/277 (79%) | |
Satisfaction for experience of working at COVID-19 frontline [0(not at all)-5(average)-10(absolutely yes)] | ||
 S1.4–2 | Subjective workload (> 5 (more than average)/≤ 5 (average or less)) | 198 (57%)/152 (43%) |
 S1.4–3 | Perceived capability of participating in the decision making (> 5)/≤ 5) | 112 (32%)/238 (68%) |
 S1.4–4 | Satisfaction for the monetary compensation (> 5 (more than average)/≤ 5 (average or less)) | 90 (26%)/260 (74%) |
 S1.4–5 | Willingness to further volunteering for dispatch (> 5 (more than average)/≤ 5 (average or less)) | 108 (31%)/242 (69%) |
 S1.4–6 | Experience of consultation with a psychiatrist during or after the dispatch (yes/no) | 7 (2%)/343 (98%) |
Perceived threat of COVID-19 infection [never/not so much/unsure/possibly/certainly] | ||
 S1.3–1 | COVID-19 duty puts me at great risk (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 209 (60%)/141 (40%) |
 S1.3–2 | I feel more stress during COVID-19 duty than other tasks (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 264 (75%)/86 (25%) |
 S1.3–3 | I can accept the risk of caring for COVID-19 patients. (unsure-certain/never-not so much) | 296 (85%)/54 (15%) |
 S1.3–4 | I am afraid of falling ill with COVID-19 (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 289 (83%)/61 (17%) |
 S1.3–5 | I have little control over whether I get infected or not. (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 135 (39%)/215 (61%) |
 S1.3–6 | I have little chance of survival if I were to get COVID-19 (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 8 (2%)/342 (98%) |
 S1.3–7 | If possible, I want to resign from COVID-19 duty (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 204 (58%)/146 (42%) |
 S1.3–8 | I am afraid I will pass COVID-19 to others. (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 301 (86%)/49 (14%) |
 S1.3–9 | My family & friends are worried they might get infected thru me (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 234 (67%)/116 (33%) |
 S1.3–10 | People avoid me because of my COVID-19 duty (possibly-certain/never-unsure) | 85 (24%)/265 (76%) |