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High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers
OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of COVID-19 spread and the associated risk factors among health care workers (HCWs), we conducted an in-hospital survey in a central Italian COVID Hospital. METHODS: Participants underwent nasopharyngeal swab and/or serum collection for SARS-CoV-2 IgG examination....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450678/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32852704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-020-01397-0 |
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author | Rizza, S. Coppeta, L. Grelli, S. Ferrazza, G. Chiocchi, M. Vanni, G. Bonomo, O. C. Bellia, A. Andreoni, M. Magrini, A. Federici, M. |
author_facet | Rizza, S. Coppeta, L. Grelli, S. Ferrazza, G. Chiocchi, M. Vanni, G. Bonomo, O. C. Bellia, A. Andreoni, M. Magrini, A. Federici, M. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of COVID-19 spread and the associated risk factors among health care workers (HCWs), we conducted an in-hospital survey in a central Italian COVID Hospital. METHODS: Participants underwent nasopharyngeal swab and/or serum collection for SARS-CoV-2 IgG examination. We divided participants according to working status, into rotating-night shift workers (r-NSW) and day-workers. RESULTS: We found 30 cases of COVID-19 infection in a total of 1180 HCWs (2.5%). Most COVID-19-positive hospital employees were r-NSWs with significantly higher BMI than that of individuals who tested negative. After adjustment for covariates, night work and BMI > 30 were associated with a markedly greater risk of COVID-19 diagnosis (OR 3.049 [95%CI 1.260–7.380] and OR 7.15 [95%CI 2.91–17.51], respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Our results describe a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection among HCWs at a central Italian COVID Hospital. COVID-19 infection risk appears to be associated with obesity and night shift work, thus supporting the need for careful health surveillance among frontline HCWs exposed to COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-74506782020-08-27 High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers Rizza, S. Coppeta, L. Grelli, S. Ferrazza, G. Chiocchi, M. Vanni, G. Bonomo, O. C. Bellia, A. Andreoni, M. Magrini, A. Federici, M. J Endocrinol Invest Rapid Communication OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of COVID-19 spread and the associated risk factors among health care workers (HCWs), we conducted an in-hospital survey in a central Italian COVID Hospital. METHODS: Participants underwent nasopharyngeal swab and/or serum collection for SARS-CoV-2 IgG examination. We divided participants according to working status, into rotating-night shift workers (r-NSW) and day-workers. RESULTS: We found 30 cases of COVID-19 infection in a total of 1180 HCWs (2.5%). Most COVID-19-positive hospital employees were r-NSWs with significantly higher BMI than that of individuals who tested negative. After adjustment for covariates, night work and BMI > 30 were associated with a markedly greater risk of COVID-19 diagnosis (OR 3.049 [95%CI 1.260–7.380] and OR 7.15 [95%CI 2.91–17.51], respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Our results describe a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection among HCWs at a central Italian COVID Hospital. COVID-19 infection risk appears to be associated with obesity and night shift work, thus supporting the need for careful health surveillance among frontline HCWs exposed to COVID-19. Springer International Publishing 2020-08-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7450678/ /pubmed/32852704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-020-01397-0 Text en © Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Rapid Communication Rizza, S. Coppeta, L. Grelli, S. Ferrazza, G. Chiocchi, M. Vanni, G. Bonomo, O. C. Bellia, A. Andreoni, M. Magrini, A. Federici, M. High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers |
title | High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers |
title_full | High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers |
title_fullStr | High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers |
title_full_unstemmed | High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers |
title_short | High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers |
title_sort | high body mass index and night shift work are associated with covid-19 in health care workers |
topic | Rapid Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450678/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32852704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-020-01397-0 |
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