Will the NHS continue to function in an influenza pandemic? a survey of healthcare workers in the West Midlands, UK

Table 4 Predictors of likelihood of working under different circumstances

Circumstances: "How likely is it that you would work if... ?" * §	Gender	Job Type	Carer	Work Type (FT/PT)	Age Group	Living Arrangements
There was a greater than usual risk of becoming infected at work and falling ill yourself	0.454	<0.001	0.106	0.129	0.005	0.812
There was a greater than usual risk of infecting your family	0.289	<0.001	0.379	0.004	<0.001	0.274
Your partner fell ill	0.056	<0.001	0.185	0.726	0.074	0.037
Your children fell ill	<0.001	0.022	0.325	0.002	0.108	0.912
Schools/nurseries were closed or childcare services disrupted	0.038	0.365	0.336	<0.001	0.002	0.043
You were asked to take on duties for which you have not been trained	0.691	<0.001	0.448	0.572	0.267	0.029
You were asked to work more hours	0.997	0.077	0.100	0.015	0.014	0.461
You were asked to work at a different site to normal	0.757	<0.001	0.340	0.038	0.102	0.061
You had to decide who not to treat/care for	0.005	<0.001	0.067	0.445	0.751	0.012
You had to work with untrained volunteers or workers brought out of retirement	0.932	<0.001	0.961	0.836	0.470	0.282
There was a shortage of fuel leading to disruption of transport	0.278	0.200	0.541	0.203	0.402	0.182
Your colleagues were dying	0.189	<0.001	0.497	0.695	0.002	0.625

* 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

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