Characteristics of 1420 residents and fellows who completed an online COVID-19-related survey
| Number of patients with COVID-19-positive the trainee provided care for during March and April 2020 (N=1420) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic (n, %) | Overall | 0 N=636 | 1–30 N=529 | 31–60 N=130 | >60 N=125 | P value |
| Trainee status | <0.001 | |||||
| Resident | 1101 (78) | 478 (75) | 401 (76) | 111 (85) | 111 (89) | |
| Fellow | 319 (23) | 158 (11) | 128 (24) | 19 (15) | 14 (11) | |
| Residency specialty | <0.001 | |||||
| Total | 1301 | 478 | 401 | 111 | 111 | |
| Internal medicine | 436 (40.0) | 97 (20.3) | 198 (49) | 64 (58) | 77 (69) | |
| Family medicine | 141 (13) | 94 (20) | 33 (8.2) | 10 (9.0) | 4 (3.6) | |
| Surgery (all subspecialties) | 130 (12) | 71 (15) | 35 (8.7) | 16 (14) | 8 (7.2) | |
| Paediatrics | 67 (6.1) | 50 (11) | 15 (3.7) | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Emergency medicine | 53 (4.8) | 15 (3.1) | 25 (6.2) | 6 (5.4) | 7 (6.3) | |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 45 (4.1) | 21 (4.4) | 24 (6.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Anaesthesia | 22 (2.0) | 8 (1.7) | 12 (3.0) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Other residencies | 205 (19) | 120 (25) | 59 (14.7) | 12 (11) | 14 (13) | |
| Missing | 2 (0.20) | 2 (0.40) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Fellowship specialty | <0.001 | |||||
| Total | 280 | 158 | 128 | 19 | 14 | |
| Gastroenterology/hepatology | 85 (27) | 38 (24) | 41 (32) | 5 (26) | 1 (7.1) | |
| Other internal medicine subspecialties† | 53 (17) | 27 (17) | 20 (16) | 5 (26) | 1 (7.1) | |
| Cardiology | 22 (6.9) | 6 (3.8) | 13 (10.2) | 2 (11) | 1 (7.1) | |
| Surgery subspecialties | 18 (5.6) | 12 (7.6) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (11) | 1 (7.1) | |
| Pulmonary/critical care | 18 (5.6) | 4 (2.5) | 12 (9.4) | 1 (5.3) | 1 (7.1) | |
| ID | 16 (5.0) | 2 (1.3) | 8 (6.3) | 2 (11) | 4 (29) | |
| Other fellowships | 65 (20.4) | 35 (22) | 26 (20.3) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (29) | |
| Missing | 42 (13) | 34 (22) | 5 (3.9) | 2 (11) | 1 (7.1) | |
| Country | <0.001 | |||||
| USA | 670 (47) | 206 (32) | 328 (62) | 72 (55) | 64 (51) | |
| China | 150 (11) | 120 (19) | 16 (3.0) | 5 (3.8) | 9 (7.2) | |
| Saudi Arabia | 76 (5.4) | 41 (6.4) | 23 (4.3) | 7 (5.4) | 5 (4.0) | |
| Taiwan | 75 (5.3) | 65 (10.2) | 9 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Other countries | 53 (3.7) | 13 (2.0) | 25 (4.7) | 9 (6.9) | 6 (4.8) | |
| Missing | 396 (28) | 191 (30) | 128 (24) | 37 (29) | 40 (32) | |
| US states by COVID-19 burden‡ | <0.001 | |||||
| Total | 670 | 206 | 328 | 72 | 64 | |
| High | 188 (25) | 28 (10.0) | 73 (22) | 38 (57) | 49 (77) | |
| Moderate | 305 (41) | 99 (35) | 175 (53) | 21 (31) | 10 (16) | |
| Low | 251 (34) | 153 (55) | 85 (26) | 8 (12) | 5 (7.8) | |
| Gender* | 0.7 | |||||
| Male | 511 (45) | 208 (43) | 212 (48) | 49 (46) | 42 (43) | |
| Female | 607 (54) | 269 (56) | 226 (51) | 56 (53) | 56 (57) | |
| Other | 7 (0.60) | 4 (0.80) | 2 (0.50) | 1 (0.90) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Age | <0.001 | |||||
| ≤25 | 77 (6.9) | 57 (12) | 13 (3.0) | 4 (3.8) | 3 (3.1) | |
| 26–30 | 664 (59) | 286 (60) | 246 (56) | 67 (63) | 65 (67) | |
| 31–35 | 318 (28) | 111 (23) | 150 (34) | 32 (30.2) | 25 (26) | |
| 36–40 | 46 (4.1) | 18 (3.8) | 23 (5.3) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (2.1) | |
| >40 | 14 (1.3) | 7 (1.5) | 5 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.1) | |
| Race* | <0.001 | |||||
| White | 518 (46) | 170 (36) | 240 (55) | 54 (52) | 54 (55) | |
| Black/African American | 29 (2.6) | 14 (2.9) | 10 (2.3) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (2.0) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 412 (37) | 232 (48) | 123 (28) | 30 (29) | 27 (28) | |
| American Indian/Native Hawaiian | 8 (0.7) | 3 (0.60) | 4 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Other | 151 (14) | 60 (13) | 60 (14) | 17 (17) | 14 (14) | |
| Ethnicity* | 0.12 | |||||
| Hispanic | 89 (8.1) | 45 (9.7) | 27 (6.3) | 6 (5.8) | 11 (12) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 1004 (92) | 419 (90.3) | 404 (94) | 97 (94) | 84 (88) | |
| Marital status* | <0.01 | |||||
| Single | 405 (36) | 195 (41) | 139 (32) | 33 (31) | 38 (39) | |
| Married | 418 (37) | 174 (36) | 182 (41) | 35 (33) | 27 (28) | |
| Unmarried, in a relationship | 292 (26) | 105 (22) | 118 (27) | 37 (35) | 32 (33) | |
| Other | 7 (0.6) | 6 (1.3) | 1 (0.20) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Pregnancy status* | 0.27 | |||||
| Yes (self or partner) | 95 (8.5) | 46 (9.7) | 31 (7.0) | 7 (6.6) | 11 (12) | |
| No | 1018 (92) | 428 (90.3) | 409 (93) | 99 (93) | 82 (88) | |
| Parental status* | 0.06 | |||||
| Yes | 165 (15) | 70 (15) | 76 (17) | 8 (7.6) | 11 (11) | |
| No | 958 (85) | 409 (85) | 366 (83) | 97 (92) | 86 (89) | |
*About 20% (300/1420) of respondents chose not to complete the demographic questions. We presented the demographic characteristics among those who responded (ie, without a ‘missing’ category) for ease of interpretation.
†Internal medicine subspecialties included endocrinology, geriatrics, haematology/oncology, nephrology, palliative care and hospice medicine and rheumatology.
‡Burden of COVID-19 in a US state in defined by COVID-19-related mortality in each state as of 5/19/2014 categorised as low (<100 deaths/million), moderate (100–800 deaths/million) and high (>800 deaths/million).