Abstract
Objective: To determine the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its association with sociodemographic, clinical and occupational characteristics in health care workers (HCWs) in the COVID-19 risk area. Methods: Longitudinal analytical study in a cohort of HCWs from the “Sapphire” area of patients with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The identification of SARS-CoV-2 positive cases was performed with the RT-PCR test. Results: The cohort was 114 STs, with a mean age of 35.3±7.4 years, with general practitioner (26.3%), nursing assistant (21.1%) and nurse (19.3%) positions. The incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2 (31.6%) and reinfection (1.8%) during seven months. The factors jointly associated with SARS-CoV-2: cohabitation with persons at high risk of contagion (HR=2.406,C95%:1.225,4.726,p=0.011), lower educational level (HR=2.241,C95%:1.051,4.782,p=0.037) and higher consumption of sleeping medication (HR=4.680, C95%:1.328,16.486, p=0.016). Conclusions: The SARS-CoV-2 infection rate during seven months of the pandemic, in health care workers was high (one in three HCWs) associated with cohabitation with high-risk persons, lower educational level and higher consumption of sleeping medications. A situation of concern in HCWs was suspected cases of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection.
Translated title of the contribution | SARS-COV-2 infection in workers of health: epidemiological risk análisis in a highly complex institution Bogota, Colombia, 2020 |
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Original language | Spanish (Colombia) |
Pages (from-to) | 413-419 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 21 2022 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases