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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of survey respondents who participated in the isolation or quarantine of LTCH residents (n (column %))

From: Barriers and facilitators to person-centred infection prevention and control: results of a survey about the Dementia Isolation Toolkit

 

Total

(N = 207)

Not familiar with DIT (n = 72)

Familiar with the DIT (n = 70)

Used the DIT

(n = 65)

Pearson chi2

(p-value)

Participant characteristics

     

Age

    

9.3, df=6

(0.158)

18-34

55 (27%)

21 (29%)

21 (29%)

20 (31%)

 

35-44

52 (25%)

23 (32%)

23 (32%)

13 (20%)

 

45-54

56 (27%)

18 (25%)

18 (25%)

14 (22%)

 

55 or older

44 (21%)

10 (14%)

10 (14%)

18 (28%)

 

Gender

    

6.8, df=2

(0.033)

Female

186 (90%)

61 (85%)

65 (93%)

60 (92%)

 

Male

14 (7%)

9 (12%)

1 (1%)

4 (6%)

 

Other / No answer

7 (3%)

2 (3%)

4 (6%)

1 (1.5%)

c

Ethnicity

    

2.2, df=2

(0.329)

White

158 (76%)

51 (71%)

57 (81%)

50 (77%)

 

Other

49 (24%)

21 (29%)

13 (19%)

15 (23%)

 

Years of LTC experience

    

18.5, df=12

(0.018)

Less than 5 years

51 (25%)

25 (35%)

17 (19%)

9 (14%)

 

6-10 years

52 (25%)

18 (25%)

10 (25%)

24 (37%)

 

11-15 years

27 (13%)

9 (12%)

11 (13%)

7 (11%)

 

16-20 years

24 (12%)

4 (6%)

10 (15%)

10 (15%)

 

More than 20 years

53 (26%)

16 (22%)

22 (27%)

15 (23%)

 

Role in LTC

    

31.5, df=10

(<0.001)

Administrative/Management

38 (18%)

15 (21%)

15 (21%)

8 (12%)

 

Front Line Nursing Staffa

31 (15%)

14 (19%)

11 (16%)

6 (9%)

 

BSO leadsb

62 (30%)

7 (10%)

21 (30%)

34 (52%)

 

Allied Health

56 (27%)

28 (39%)

16 (23%)

12 (18%)

 

Medical

9 (4%)

4 (6%)

3 (4%)

0

 

Other

11 (5%)

4 (6%)

4 (5%)

3 (5%)

 

LTC home characteristics

     

Number of beds

    

3.0, df=8

(0.935)

Less than 50 beds

14 (7%)

4 (6%)

5 (7%)

5 (8%)

 

50-99 beds

39 (19%)

14 (19%)

12 (17%)

13 (20%)

 

100-149 beds

59 (29%)

23 (32%)

17 (24%)

19 (30%)

 

150-199 beds

44 (21%)

14 (19%)

19 (27%)

11 (17%)

 

More than 200 beds

50 (24%)

17 (23%)

17 (24%)

16 (25%)

 

Region

    

9.1, df=4

(0.060)

Rural to small (<30,000)

46 (22%)

16 (22%)

14 (20%)

16 (25%)

 

Medium (30,000 - <100,000)

61 (30%)

25 (35%)

26 (37%)

10 (16%)

 

Large urban (>100,000)

99 (48%)

31 (43%)

30 (43%)

38 (59%)

 

Ownership status

    

5.2, df=6

(0.514)

Municipal

59 (29%)

18 (25%)

24 (34%)

17 (27%)

 

Not-for-profit

65 (32%)

27 (38%)

18 (26%)

20 (31%)

 

For-profit

73 (35%)

22 (31%)

26 (38%)

25 (39%)

 

I do not know

9 (4%)

5 (7%)

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

c

COVID-19 outbreaks

    

3.3, df=4

(0.511)

Zero

45 (22%)

13 (18%)

15 (21%)

17 (27%)

 

One or two

88 (42%)

31 (43%)

34 (49%)

23 (36%)

 

Three or more

73 (36%)

28 (39%)

21 (30%)

24 (38%)

 
  1. aRegistered nurses, registered practical nurses, or personal support workers. bBSO leads are mostly front-line nursing staff, but can occasionally be allied health clinicians. c Row excluded from chi-sqaured analysis due to small cells
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