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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 24)

From: Changes of working conditions and job-related challenges due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for medical assistants in general practices in Germany: a qualitative study

Characteristics

n (%)

Sex

 Male

1 (4.2)

 Female

23 (95.8)

Age, mean (min-max)

40.1 (24-58)

 Highest level of education

 Low1

0 (0.0)

 Intermediate2

19 (79.2)

 High3

5 (20.8)

Migrant background4

 Yes

3 (12.5)

 No

21 (87.5)

Years in job, mean (min, max)

18.8 (1-41)

Employment status

 Full-time

17 (70.8)

 Part-time

7 (29.2)

Practice location

 Urban (over 100,000 inhabitants)

12 (50.0)

 Suburban (20,000 – 100,000 inhabitants)

6 (25.0)

 Rural (less than 20,00 inhabitants)

6 (25.0)

Federate statea

 Baden-Wuerttemberg

5 (20.8)

 Bavaria

4 (16.7)

 Hamburg

1 (4.2)

 Hesse

1 (4.2)

 North Rhine-Westphalia

9 (37.5)

 Rhineland-Palatinate

3 (12.5)

 Saxony

1 (4.2)

Number of physicians in practice, mean (min, max)

3.4 (1-11)

Number of medical assistants in practice, mean (min, max)

7.8 (3-20)

Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases among practice staff

 Yes

9 (37.5)

 No

15 (62.5)

Own previous infection with SARS-CoV-2

 Yes

0 (0.0)

 No

24 (100.0)

  1. 1Secondary modern school qualification (‘Haupt−/Volksschulabschluss‘); 2Secondary school level 1 certificate (‘Mittlere Reife‘, ‘Realschulabschluss‘or ‘Fachschulreife‘); 3General qualification for university entrance (‘Abitur‘) or entrance qualification limited to universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulreife‘); 4Migrant background defined as having at least one parent with a country of birth other than Germany; aThere were no participants from the nine remaining federate states of Germany