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Table 3 Staff and users safety at Community Mental Health Centres during Covid-19 epidemics in Italy

From: Psychiatry during the Covid-19 pandemic: a survey on mental health departments in Italy

Items

N (%) of respondents Yes

Statistically significant differencesaccording to geographical areaa

Differences according to classesbased upon rates of Covid + cases per 1000 inhabitants on aregional basisb

Staff concerns about personal safety

65 (91.5)

None

None

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) available

Thermometers 19 (26.7)

Surg. Masks 65 (91.5)

FFP2/3 Masks 27 (38.0)

Gloves 58 (81.7)

Glasses 22 (30.9)

Dispos. glows 41 (57.7)

None

None

PPE Evaluation

Adequate = 9 (12.7)

Partly adeq = 44 (61.9)

Inadequate = 15 (21.1)

N = 6 (15.0) C = 3 (30.0) S = 0 (0.0) p<.05

N = 27 (67.5) C = 6 (60.0) S = 12 (57.0) not significant

N = 5 (12.5) C = 0.0 S = 100p<.005

High rate regions2 = 5 (11.9)

low rate regions2 = 10 (34.5) p<.001

Reported Covid+ cases among staff members

37 (52.1)

N = 33 (82.5) C = 2 (20) S = 1 (4.7) p<.0001

High rate regions2 = 34 (80.9)

low rate regions2 = 13 (44.8) p<.0001

Reported Staff members in quarantine

47 (66.2)

N = 34 (85.0) C = 5 (50.0) S = 7 (33.3) p<.001

High rate regions2 = 34 (80.9)

low rate regions2 = 13 (44.8) p<.001

Reported Covid+ cases among CMHCpatients

37 (52.1)

N = 29 (72.5) C = 3 (30.0) S = 4 (19.0) p<.001

High rate regions2 = 32 (76.1)

low rate regions2 = 6 (20.7) p<.001

Reported Covid+ cases among RF patients

26 (36.6)

N = 23 (57.5) C = 2 (20) S = 0 (0.0) p<.0001

High rate regions2 = 24 (57.1)

low rate regions2 = 1 (3.5) p<.0001

  1. aItaly’s Geographical areas are: N North, C Centre, S South and Islands
  2. bgroup 1 ≥ 2 cases × 1000 inhabitants; group 2 < 2 cases × 1000 inhabitants;high rate regions are those included in group 1, as above; Low rate regions are those included in class 2 as above