Table 5 Predictors of stigma (impact scale) among the studied health care providers, Egypt (2020)
From: Worry from contracting COVID-19 infection and its stigma among Egyptian health care providers
Variable | Unadjusted linear regression | Adjusted linear regression (R2 = 0.19) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ß | 95% CI | P value | ß | 95% CI | P value | |
Age (< 30 years) | 1.31 | 0.62–1.99 | < 0.001 | 1.05 | 0.41–1.69 | 0.001 |
Gender (female) | − 0.59 | − 1.34–0.16 | 0.12 | − 0.71 | − 1.40 to − 0.01 | 0.046 |
Occupation (doctors) | − 0.28 | − 1.06–0.49 | 0.46 |  |  |  |
Years of experience (< 4 years) | 1.31 | 0.61-–1.99 | < 0.001 |  |  |  |
Primarily work in ED, ICU, or infectious diseases dep. (yes) | 0.81 | 0.11–1.52 | 0.02 | 1.05 | 0.40–1.70 | 0.002 |
Experience in working during a previous pandemic (no) | − 0.45 | − 1.33–0.42 | 0.30 |  |  |  |
Availability of institutional psychological/mental health support (no) | 0.55 | − 0.27–1.38 | 0.189 |  |  |  |
Personal perception of COVID-19 (severe disease) | 0.70 | − 0.18–1.58 | 0.12 |  |  |  |
Worry from contracting COVID-19 at work (severe worry) | 1.66 | 0.95–2.37 | < 0.001 | 0.79 | 0.11–1.47 | 0.024 |
Knowledge score | − 0.48 | − 0.86 to − 0.11 | 0.01 | − 0.29 | − 0.63–0.06 | 0.100 |
Discrimination intent score | − 0.05 | − 0.13–0.026 | 0.187 |  |  |  |
Internalized shame scale | 0.78 | 0.61–0.94 | < 0.001 | 0.74 | 0.57–0.91 | < 0.001 |