Functionality in healthcare workers with COVID-19 in Cali (Colombia)

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a high impact on the general population, healthcare workers have not been the exception, due to their constant exposure to patients positive for SARS-COV2. The evaluation of its functionality after the disease is an important issue. Objective(s) To describe the functional status of healthcare workers who survived COVID-19 in Cali (Colombia) Methods: Cross-sectional study that included healthcare workers who participated in the follow-up by the ambito laboral area of the Secretaria de Salud Publica of Cali;who suffered from COVID-19. The Spanish version of the Post COVID Functional Status Scale (PCFS) was administered 15 days after overcoming the infection. Age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), and comorbidities were also taken into account. Result(s) 283 participants were included, most of them did not present any comorbidity and were on average overweight (BMI 26.88 +/- 4.97 kg/m2). Regarding the result of the PCFS scale, 74.2% did not refer any functional change or any symptoms after the disease, 11 participants manifested some kind of limitation in their daily life with a score of 2 on the scale. No participant reported severe functional limitations. (Table 1) Conclusion(s) The functionality of the healthcare workers included in the study was not affected, for the most part, it could be due to vaccination, age, and the low number of participants with comorbidities.