ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2022
Resident physicians' perceptions of COVID-19 risk.
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backgroundResident physicians provide front-line care to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, but little is known about how they perceive the risk to their own health or how this is affected by the increasing role of social media in disseminating information. This study aims to determine resident physicians' perceptions of personal COVID-19 risk during the first COVID wave and compare risk perceptions between low-average and high social media users.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey at the University of Toronto in May 2020 among resident physicians in internal medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, and anaesthesia. Participants were considered high social media users if above the median for daily social media use and low-average users if at or below the median. The primary outcome was perceived risk of hospitalization with COVID-19 within 6 months.
resultsA total of 98 resident physicians reported a median of 1-2 hours daily on social media, and 55.7% endorsed social media as a very or the most common source of information on COVID-19. The median overall perceived risk of hospitalization was 10% (inter-quartile range [IQR] 5-25)-7.5% for low-average social media users and 17.5% for high social media users (
conclusionsResident physicians have an elevated perception of COVID-19 risk, including a perceived risk of hospitalization 250 times greater than the local population risk. Although social media are an important source of information on COVID-19, risk perception did not significantly differ between high and low-average social media users.
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