Impacts of COVID-19 on career choices in health professionals and medical students

Doan, Linh Phuong; Dam, Vu Anh Trong; Boyer, Laurent; Auquier, Pascal; Fond, Guillaume; Tran, Bach; Vu, Thuc Minh Thi; Do, Hoa Thi; Latkin, Carl A.; Zhang, Melvyn W.B.; Ho, Roger C.M.; Ho, Cyrus S.H.

doi:10.1186/s12909-023-04328-8

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Impact of COVID-19 on work and risk of exposure to COVID-19 of participants

From: Impacts of COVID-19 on career choices in health professionals and medical students

Characteristics	Not commit to current job/Unsure		Commit to current job		Total		p-value
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Participate in COVID-19 pandemic prevention
Do not participate in	959	46.6	1762	48.4	2721	47.7	0.004
< 1 month	349	16.9	552	15.1	901	15.8
1–3 months	549	26.7	884	24.3	1433	25.1
> 3 months	202	9.8	446	12.2	648	11.4
Participating in medical examination or treatment	543	26.4	996	27.4	1539	27.0	0.41
Number of on-call shifts per week
None	1415	68.8	2435	67.1	3850	67.7	0.58
1 day	272	13.2	498	13.7	770	13.5
2 days	176	8.6	317	8.7	493	8.7
> 2 days	195	9.5	378	10.4	573	10.1
Average working time per day
< 8 h	1219	59.7	1943	54.2	3162	56.2	< 0.001
8 h	494	24.2	983	27.4	1477	26.3
> 8 h	328	16.1	659	18.4	987	17.5
Having part-time job	298	14.5	468	13.0	766	13.5	0.10
Average workload increased
No changed	1420	69.7	2398	66.8	3818	67.9	0.12
Increased < 20%	309	15.2	571	15.9	880	15.6
Increased 20-<50%	193	9.5	397	11.1	590	10.5
More than 50%	115	5.6	223	6.2	338	6.0
Average time to work increased
No changed	1422	69.7	2405	67.0	3827	68.0	0.14
Increased < 20%	329	16.1	619	17.2	948	16.8
Increased 20-<50%	182	8.9	376	10.5	558	9.9
More than 50%	106	5.2	191	5.3	297	5.3
Change in job satisfaction
Decreased	899	43.8	1796	49.4	2695	47.4	< 0.001
Unchanged	901	43.9	1112	30.6	2013	35.4
Increased	254	12.4	728	20.0	982	17.3
Change in work motivation
Decreased	828	40.1	1503	41.3	2331	40.9	< 0.001
Unchanged	872	42.3	992	27.3	1864	32.7
Increased	363	17.6	1145	31.5	1508	26.4
Vaccinated against COVID-19
None	123	9.6	204	9.2	327	9.3	0.84
1 dose	519	40.6	897	40.2	1416	40.4
2 doses	635	49.7	1128	50.6	1763	50.3
The current risk of exposure to COVID-19
None	560	43.8	912	40.8	1472	41.9	0.003
Daily	159	12.4	378	16.9	537	15.3
Several times/weeks	84	6.6	128	5.7	212	6.0
Seldom	216	16.9	409	18.3	625	17.8
Do not know	260	20.3	407	18.2	667	19.0
Self-assess risk of COVID-19
None	338	26.5	574	25.7	912	26.0	0.002
Low risk	521	40.8	934	41.8	1455	41.5
Moderate risk	257	20.1	392	17.6	649	18.5
High risk	111	8.7	274	12.3	385	11.0
Infected with COVID19/Maybe infected	50	3.9	59	2.6	109	3.1
Work retention
Participate in COVID-19 pandemic prevention
Do not participate in	959	46.6	1762	48.4	2721	47.7	0.004
< 1 month	349	16.9	552	15.1	901	15.8
1–3 months	549	26.7	884	24.3	1433	25.1
> 3 months	202	9.8	446	12.2	648	11.4
Participating in medical examination or treatment	543	26.4	996	27.4	1539	27.0	0.41
Number of on-call shifts per week
None	1415	68.8	2435	67.1	3850	67.7	0.58
1 day	272	13.2	498	13.7	770	13.5
2 days	176	8.6	317	8.7	493	8.7
> 2 days	195	9.5	378	10.4	573	10.1
Average working time per day
< 8 h	1219	59.7	1943	54.2	3162	56.2	< 0.001
8 h	494	24.2	983	27.4	1477	26.3
> 8 h	328	16.1	659	18.4	987	17.5
Average workload increased
No changed	1420	69.7	2398	66.8	3818	67.9	0.12
Increased < 20%	309	15.2	571	15.9	880	15.6
Increased 20-<50%	193	9.5 h	397	11.1	590	10.5
More than 50%	115	5.6	223	6.2	338	6.0
Average time to work increased
No changed	1422	69.7	2405	67.0	3827	68.0	0.14
Increased < 20%	329	16.1	619	17.2	948	16.8
Increased 20-<50%	182	8.9	376	10.5	558	9.9
More than 50%	106	5.2	191	5.3	297	5.3
Change in job satisfaction
Decreased	899	43.8	1796	49.4	2695	47.4	< 0.001
Unchanged	901	43.9	1112	30.6	2013	35.4
Increased	254	12.4	728	20.0	982	17.2
Change in work motivation
Decreased	828	40.1	1503	41.3	2331	40.9	< 0.001
Unchanged	872	42.3	992	27.3	1864	32.7
Increased	363	d	1145	31.5	1508	26.4
Vaccinated against COVID-19
None	123	9.6	204	9.2	327	9.3	0.84
1 dose	519	40.6	897	40.2	1416	40.4
2 doses	635	49.7	1128	50.6	1763	50.3
The current risk of exposure to COVID-19
None	560	43.8	912	40.8	1472	41.9	0.003
Daily	159	12.4	378	16.9	537	15.3
Several times/weeks	84	6.6	128	5.7	212	6.0
Seldom	216	16.9	409	18.3	625	17.8
Do not know	260	20.3	407	18.2	667	19.0
Self-assess risk of COVID-19
None	338	26.5	574	25.7	912	26.0	0.002
Low risk	521	40.8	934	41.8	1455	41.5
Moderate risk	257	20.1	392	17.6	649	18.5
High risk	111	8.7	274	12.3	385	11.0
Infected with COVID19/Maybe infected	50	3.9	59	2.6	109	3.1

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