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Table 2 Fear for a potential infection with SARS-CoV-2 or financial loss due to practice closure

From: Beliefs and practices among primary care physicians during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany): an observational study

 

Corona-Subspecialised Primary Care Practices

(n = 74)

Primary Care Practices

n = 63

p-Value

I fear for an infection with SARS-CoV-2 because I may develop COVID-19 myself

  Yes

11 (14.9)

16 (25.4)

0.276

  Partly

17 (23.0)

14 (22.2)

  No

46 (62.2)

32 (50.8)

  I don’t know/ no answer

0

1 (1.6)

I fear for an infection with SARS-CoV-2 because I may spread the virus within my private environment

  Yes

20 (27.0)

27 (42.9)

0.108

  Partly

25 (33.8)

12 (19.0)

  No

28 (37.8)

24 (38.1)

  I don’t know/ no answer

1 (1.4)

0

I fear for an infection with SARS-CoV-2 because I may spread the virus within my professional environment

  Yes

22 (29.7)

29 (46.0)

0.194

  Partly

17 (23.0)

13 (20.6)

  No

34 (45.9)

21 (33.3)

  I don’t know/ no answer

1 (1.4)

0

I fear for a financial loss due a temporary practice closure due to an infection with SARS-CoV-2

  Yes

56 (75.7)

53 (84.1)

0.153

  No

18 (24.3)

9 (14.3)

  I don’t know/ no answer

0

1 (1.6)