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Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital

BACKGROUND: Understanding the risk factors responsible for the increased infection among HCWs can mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 among HCWs and patients alike. The aim of this study is to evaluate factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare Workers. METHODS: Healthcare worke...

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Autores principales: Al Youha, Sarah, Alowaish, Osama, Ibrahim, Islam K., Alghounaim, Mohammad, Abu-Sheasha, Ghada A., Fakhra, Zainab, Al Hendi, Sarah, AlQabandi, Yousif, Almazeedi, Sulaiman, Al Asoomi, Fatima, Al-Sabah, Salman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34450510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.08.012
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author Al Youha, Sarah
Alowaish, Osama
Ibrahim, Islam K.
Alghounaim, Mohammad
Abu-Sheasha, Ghada A.
Fakhra, Zainab
Al Hendi, Sarah
AlQabandi, Yousif
Almazeedi, Sulaiman
Al Asoomi, Fatima
Al-Sabah, Salman
author_facet Al Youha, Sarah
Alowaish, Osama
Ibrahim, Islam K.
Alghounaim, Mohammad
Abu-Sheasha, Ghada A.
Fakhra, Zainab
Al Hendi, Sarah
AlQabandi, Yousif
Almazeedi, Sulaiman
Al Asoomi, Fatima
Al-Sabah, Salman
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description BACKGROUND: Understanding the risk factors responsible for the increased infection among HCWs can mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 among HCWs and patients alike. The aim of this study is to evaluate factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare Workers. METHODS: Healthcare workers and hospital administrators were asked to participate in this cross-sectional survey study that was conducted in Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital (JAH) between August to October 2020. Participants were invited to undergo SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody testing and to complete a questionnaire targeted to factors that may be associated with acquisition of SARS-CoV-2. Descriptive analysis and multivariate logistic regression were done. RESULTS: 847 healthcare workers participated in the study and 20.5% of them had previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The average age of participants was 35.7 years (SD = 7.9); 52.4% were female, and 55.8% were doctors. Multivariate analysis showed that working as a nurse (adjusted OR 1.77, 95% CI = 1.15, 2.71), and wearing gloves (adjusted OR 2.93, 95% CI = 1.19, 7.22) were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection while controlling for other factors. Most personal protective equipment (PPE) were reported to be available always or most of the time, with the least available PPE item being coveralls (74.4%). CONCLUSIONS: After adjusting for confounding factors, being a nurse and prolonged glove use were associated with increased likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Prospective cohort studies are required to further elucidate the reasons for our findings in order to minimize the transmission of infection among healthcare workers.
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spelling pubmed-83660512021-08-16 Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital Al Youha, Sarah Alowaish, Osama Ibrahim, Islam K. Alghounaim, Mohammad Abu-Sheasha, Ghada A. Fakhra, Zainab Al Hendi, Sarah AlQabandi, Yousif Almazeedi, Sulaiman Al Asoomi, Fatima Al-Sabah, Salman J Infect Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: Understanding the risk factors responsible for the increased infection among HCWs can mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 among HCWs and patients alike. The aim of this study is to evaluate factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare Workers. METHODS: Healthcare workers and hospital administrators were asked to participate in this cross-sectional survey study that was conducted in Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital (JAH) between August to October 2020. Participants were invited to undergo SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody testing and to complete a questionnaire targeted to factors that may be associated with acquisition of SARS-CoV-2. Descriptive analysis and multivariate logistic regression were done. RESULTS: 847 healthcare workers participated in the study and 20.5% of them had previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The average age of participants was 35.7 years (SD = 7.9); 52.4% were female, and 55.8% were doctors. Multivariate analysis showed that working as a nurse (adjusted OR 1.77, 95% CI = 1.15, 2.71), and wearing gloves (adjusted OR 2.93, 95% CI = 1.19, 7.22) were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection while controlling for other factors. Most personal protective equipment (PPE) were reported to be available always or most of the time, with the least available PPE item being coveralls (74.4%). CONCLUSIONS: After adjusting for confounding factors, being a nurse and prolonged glove use were associated with increased likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Prospective cohort studies are required to further elucidate the reasons for our findings in order to minimize the transmission of infection among healthcare workers. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. 2021-09 2021-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8366051/ /pubmed/34450510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.08.012 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Al Youha, Sarah
Alowaish, Osama
Ibrahim, Islam K.
Alghounaim, Mohammad
Abu-Sheasha, Ghada A.
Fakhra, Zainab
Al Hendi, Sarah
AlQabandi, Yousif
Almazeedi, Sulaiman
Al Asoomi, Fatima
Al-Sabah, Salman
Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital
title Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital
title_full Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital
title_fullStr Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital
title_short Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital
title_sort factors associated with sars-cov-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a covid-19 designated hospital
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34450510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.08.012
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