High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers.
J Endocrinol Invest
; 44(5): 1097-1101, 2021 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-734034
ABSTRACT
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.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Body Mass Index
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Health Personnel
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Shift Work Schedule
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Endocrinol Invest
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S40618-020-01397-0
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