Demographic characteristics of doctors and nurses who participated in the study
| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Age in years, median (range) | 35 (22–54) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 77 (57.46) |
| Female | 57 (42.54) |
| Job title | |
| Doctor | 74 (55.22) |
| Nurse | 60 (44.78) |
| Job assignment in Wuhan | |
| Treating mostly mild and moderate cases in a mobile cabin hospital | 17 (12.69) |
| Treating mostly moderate and severe patients in a secondary hospital | 19 (14.18) |
| Treating mostly severe and critical patients in a highly specialised/tertiary hospital | 96 (71.64) |
| Others | 2 (1.49) |
| Days in Wuhan (as of time answering round 1 survey), median (range) | 33 (13–51) |
| Specialty of the participating doctors | n* |
| Cardiovascular surgery | 1 |
| Emergency and critical care | 1 |
| Gastrointestinal surgery | 1 |
| Geriatrics and endocrinology | 1 |
| Haematology | 1 |
| Nephrology | 1 |
| Neurology and neurointervention | 1 |
| Oncology | 1 |
| Orthopaedics | 1 |
| Paediatrics | 1 |
| Radiation oncology | 1 |
| Rheumatology | 1 |
| Surgery | 1 |
| Vascular surgery | 1 |
| Doctor (not specified) | 2 |
| Neurology | 2 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 2 |
| Infectious diseases | 3 |
| Thoracic surgery | 3 |
| Cardiology | 4 |
| Pulmonary and critical care medicine | 4 |
| Anaesthesiology | 5 |
| Respiratory medicine | 5 |
| Gastroenterology | 6 |
| Critical care medicine | 11 |
| Specialty of the participating nurses | n* |
| Cardiology | 1 |
| Critical care medicine | 1 |
| Infectious disease | 2 |
| Internal medicine | 1 |
| Nursing management | 1 |
| Operating room nursing | 2 |
| Nursing (not specified) | 48 |
*Data regarding specialty gathered from round 2 (n=61 doctors; n=56 nurses).