Table 6

Predictors of the influence of policy interventions on HCWs' potential decisions about working

Interventions:

"Would you be more likely to work if... ?" * §

Gender

Job Type

Carer

Work Type (FT/PT)

Age Group

Living Arrangement

You were allowed to work at the nearest site to your home

0.059

0.187

0.521

0.710

0.880

0.086

You were provided with accommodation so that you do not take infection home

0.304

0.515

0.104

0.136

0.313

0.377

Your employer provided transport to get you to work and home again

0.007

0.022

0.158

0.310

0.156

0.010

Childcare was provided for you

0.188

0.127

0.755

0.975

0.013

0.699

You were offered vaccination (if available) and/or treatment if you fell ill

0.732

0.250

0.616

0.252

0.042

0.017

Your family were offered vaccination (if available) and/or treatment if they fell ill

0.993

0.709

0.302

0.400

0.060

<0.001

Your employer shared their emergency plans with you and told you in advance what would be expected of you during a pandemic

0.002

0.916

0.916

0.605

0.301

0.097

You were offered PPE when working with affected patients

0.053

0.465

0.585

0.379

0.425

0.029

Your employers accepted liability for any mistake made whilst doing a job you are not trained for

0.446

0.002

0.216

0.497

0.005

0.050

You were allowed to work more flexible hours

0.002

0.009

0.044

0.711

0.007

0.025

You were paid a top-up salary that reflected the level of duties you were asked to take on during a pandemic

0.105

0.093

0.145

0.987

<0.001

0.167

You were provided with life/disability insurance

0.450

0.090

0.359

0.333

0.014

0.152

* P values: Bonferroni correction factor applied to account for multiple testing: cut-off for significance adjusted to 0.003

§ Regression model adjusted for Gender, Job Type, Caring Role(s), Work Type, Age Group and Living Arrangements

Damery et al. BMC Public Health 2009 9:142   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-142