Fig. 2

COVID-19 preventive behaviors and job-related stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. A: COVID-19 preventive behavior: Participants who answered “always” were considered to show high adherence to protocols for avoiding the three Cs (51.4%), maintaining a distance of at least one meter from others (25.6%), wearing a face mask regularly (84.1%), and washing hands regularly (83.4%), while participants who answered “always,” “often,” or “occasionally” were considered to have high adherence to work remotely (28.0%). B: Job-related stress under the COVID-19 pandemic: Participants who answered “severe” and “very severe” were considered to be highly stressed: in the work environment (35.7%), from exposure to patients (21.0%), from the potential risk of COVID-19 infection (43.9%), from the fear of infecting others (50.5%), by the need for social confinement (45.6%), and from financial instability (25.1%). Abbreviations Three Cs, closed spaces, crowded places, and close contact