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Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic

Abstract:  Background: COVID-19 causes a critical occupational risk to frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) who respond to the pandemic, as they are placed in environments with an increased risk of infection exposure. It is a public health priority to understand how transmission occurs to protect thi...

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Autores principales: Abou-ElWafa, Hala Samir, El-Gilany, Abdel-Hady, Albadry, Ahmed A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34621516
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.53931.1
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El-Gilany, Abdel-Hady
Albadry, Ahmed A.
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description Abstract:  Background: COVID-19 causes a critical occupational risk to frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) who respond to the pandemic, as they are placed in environments with an increased risk of infection exposure. It is a public health priority to understand how transmission occurs to protect this vulnerable group of HCWs. This study was conducted to estimate the incidence of self-reported COVID-19 infection among physicians and its possible associated factors.  Methods: An online national survey using Survey Monkey was initiated to collect sociodemographic e.g. age and sex, occupational e.g. place and duration of work, and clinical data e.g. COVID symptoms and laboratory investigations, and to describe affected physicians' diagnoses. Results: The self-reported incidence of COVID-19 infection was found to be 65.4% among studied physicians. The significant independent predictors of COVID-19 infection were  smoking, working as a frontline physician, having contact with a COVID-19 case, and working for less than ten years [ARR (95% CI): 3.0(1.6-5.7), 2.3(1.4-3.8), 2.1(1.2-3.6), and 1.8(1.2-2.9); respectively].  Conclusions: The incidence of COVID-19 infection among Egyptian physicians is relatively high. Smoking, being a frontline physician, having contact with a COVID-19 case, and working for less than 10 years are all factors associated with an increased risk of infection. There should be strict application of preventive measures, periodic screening for COVID-19 for early detection and isolation of infected HCWs together with effective vaccination.
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spelling pubmed-84470482021-10-06 Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic Abou-ElWafa, Hala Samir El-Gilany, Abdel-Hady Albadry, Ahmed A. F1000Res Research Article Abstract:  Background: COVID-19 causes a critical occupational risk to frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) who respond to the pandemic, as they are placed in environments with an increased risk of infection exposure. It is a public health priority to understand how transmission occurs to protect this vulnerable group of HCWs. This study was conducted to estimate the incidence of self-reported COVID-19 infection among physicians and its possible associated factors.  Methods: An online national survey using Survey Monkey was initiated to collect sociodemographic e.g. age and sex, occupational e.g. place and duration of work, and clinical data e.g. COVID symptoms and laboratory investigations, and to describe affected physicians' diagnoses. Results: The self-reported incidence of COVID-19 infection was found to be 65.4% among studied physicians. The significant independent predictors of COVID-19 infection were  smoking, working as a frontline physician, having contact with a COVID-19 case, and working for less than ten years [ARR (95% CI): 3.0(1.6-5.7), 2.3(1.4-3.8), 2.1(1.2-3.6), and 1.8(1.2-2.9); respectively].  Conclusions: The incidence of COVID-19 infection among Egyptian physicians is relatively high. Smoking, being a frontline physician, having contact with a COVID-19 case, and working for less than 10 years are all factors associated with an increased risk of infection. There should be strict application of preventive measures, periodic screening for COVID-19 for early detection and isolation of infected HCWs together with effective vaccination. F1000 Research Limited 2021-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8447048/ /pubmed/34621516 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.53931.1 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Abou-ElWafa HS et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Albadry, Ahmed A.
Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic
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title_fullStr Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic
title_short Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic
title_sort self-reported covid-19 among physicians: an egyptian online study during the pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34621516
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.53931.1
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