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Table 1 Child care staff’s answers on pre-defined causes of problem questions

From: Presentation of a participatory approach to develop preventive measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission in child care

Topic

Answers on problem questions

Percentage

Risk of infection

At my current workplace, physical distance to other people (at least 1.5 m) cannot be maintained.

83%

At work, other people I have to deal with do not comply with the safety regulations.

30%

I have no access to professional personal protective equipment.

10%

I feel poorly informed about how to protect myself from an infection in the workplace.

3%

Fear of infection

I am afraid of infecting others with the coronavirus.

37%

I am afraid of getting infected with the coronavirus at work.

36%

I am afraid of a serious course of illness.

35%

I am afraid of the possible consequences of an infection (e.g. quarantine, economic consequences).

30%

I belong to a risk group (e.g. due to a previous illness, age over 60).

16%

Support of employer

At my current workplace, not all necessary materials for personal protection against the coronavirus are sufficiently available for me.

11%

The work processes were not adapted to the current safety regulations.

9%

No or too little extraordinary information was provided to the child care staff.

4%

Working from home was not made possible for the child care staff to reduce contact.

1%

  1. Note. Participants could choose multiple pre-defined answers on problem questions