Clinical-epidemiological particularities of COVID-19-affected workers from "Eduardo Agramonte Pina" Hospital of Camaguey
Revista Cubana de Salud y Trabajo
; 23(3), 2022.
Article
in Spanish
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2277082
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The health workers are one of the most prone to becoming infected with COVID-19, due to their exposure during their relationship with patients.Background:
To determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in workers of the Pediatric Hospital of Camaguey in the period from January to December 2021.Methods:
A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a universe of 238 workers with a polymerase chain reaction-confirmed diagnosis during the aforementioned period;registered in a database. The variables studied included age group, sex, occupational category, service of origin, clinical manifestations, quarter of the year, and possible source of infection. The data were processed using the statistical program SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), version 25.0, on a Pentium IV computer. Informed consent and the bioethical principles of confidentiality of information were taken into account in the research.Results:
The female sex predominated (54.7%) at ages 50-59 years. They were mostly nursing staff (29.4%), infected during the third trimester (39.9%) in the community (59.3%), presenting symptoms such as nasal discharge (32.8%) and fever (17.6%), working in the pediatric medicine wards (28.2%).Conclusions:
Despite the difficult epidemiological situation, the main source of infection was the community. There were no institutional transmission events and there were no deaths.
Health Services [UU350], Prion; Viral; Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210], Occupational Health and Safety [VV900], clinical aspects, coronavirus disease 2019, cross-sectional studies, epidemiology, fever, health care workers, human diseases, middle-aged adults, nurses, nursing, occupational hazards, occupational health, personnel, public health, risk, risk assessment, risk factors, safety at work, symptoms, viral diseases, women, man, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Antilles, Caribbean, America, high Human Development Index countries, Latin America, upper-middle income countries, Homo, Hominidae, primates, mammals, vertebrates, Chordata, animals, eukaryotes, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Coronavirinae, Coronaviridae, Nidovirales, positive-sense ssRNA Viruses, ssRNA Viruses, RNA Viruses, viruses, clinical picture, pyrexia, employees, staff, occupational safety, SARS-CoV-2, viral infections
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Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Revista Cubana de Salud y Trabajo
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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