Total Sample | Age groups | Gender | Occupational risk factors | ||||||||
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18–34 | 35–44 | 45–59 | ≥ 60 | Male | Female | Direct patient contact | Non-direct patient contact | Respiratory clinical setting | Non-respiratory clinical setting | ||
% RE Impairment | 29.0 | 40.9 | 30.1 | 24.6 | 14.4 | 20.7 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.1 | 33.2 | 28.3 |
Χ2 = 87.0, p < 0.001 | Χ2 = 20.8, p < = 0.001 | Χ2 = 0.4, p = 0.505 | Χ2 = 3.7, p = 0.053 |