Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study
Objective: To analyze whether social deprivation and economic migrant (EM) status influence the risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19.Methods: This was a retrospective follow-up study including all patients older than 18 years attending the Daroca Health Center in Madrid, Spain, diagnosed with CO...
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| author | Julia Martínez-Alfonso Arthur Eumann Mesas Arthur Eumann Mesas Nuria Jimenez-Olivas Antonio Cabrera-Majada Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno José Manuel Díaz-Olalla |
| author_facet | Julia Martínez-Alfonso Arthur Eumann Mesas Arthur Eumann Mesas Nuria Jimenez-Olivas Antonio Cabrera-Majada Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno José Manuel Díaz-Olalla |
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| description | Objective: To analyze whether social deprivation and economic migrant (EM) status influence the risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19.Methods: This was a retrospective follow-up study including all patients older than 18 years attending the Daroca Health Center in Madrid, Spain, diagnosed with COVID-19 during September 2020. Data on EM status and other sociodemographic, lifestyle and comorbidities that could affect the clinical course of the infection were obtained from electronic medical records.Results: Of the 796 patients positive for COVID-19, 44 (5.53%) were hospitalized. No significant differences were observed between those who were hospitalized and those who were not in the mean of social deprivation index or socioeconomic status, but EM status was associated with the risk of being hospitalized (p = 0.028). Logistic regression models showed that years of age (OR = 1.07; 95% CI: 1.04–1.10), EM status (OR = 5.72; 95% CI: 2.56–12.63) and hypertension (OR = 2.22; 95% CI: 1.01–4.85) were the only predictors of hospitalization.Conclusion: Our data support that EM status, rather than economic deprivation, is the socioeconomic factor associated with the probability of hospital admission for COVID-19 in Madrid, Spain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14edf810b3ec434a968797cd8fa169582022-12-22T03:53:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642022-12-016710.3389/ijph.2022.16054811605481Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up StudyJulia Martínez-Alfonso0Arthur Eumann Mesas1Arthur Eumann Mesas2Nuria Jimenez-Olivas3Antonio Cabrera-Majada4Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno5Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno6José Manuel Díaz-Olalla7Primary Care University Center Daroca, Madrid, SpainUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, SpainPostgraduate Program in Public Health, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, BrazilPrimary Care University Center Daroca, Madrid, SpainPrimary Care University Center Daroca, Madrid, SpainUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, SpainFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, ChileMadrid Salud Public Health Institute of Madrid, Madrid, SpainObjective: To analyze whether social deprivation and economic migrant (EM) status influence the risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19.Methods: This was a retrospective follow-up study including all patients older than 18 years attending the Daroca Health Center in Madrid, Spain, diagnosed with COVID-19 during September 2020. Data on EM status and other sociodemographic, lifestyle and comorbidities that could affect the clinical course of the infection were obtained from electronic medical records.Results: Of the 796 patients positive for COVID-19, 44 (5.53%) were hospitalized. No significant differences were observed between those who were hospitalized and those who were not in the mean of social deprivation index or socioeconomic status, but EM status was associated with the risk of being hospitalized (p = 0.028). Logistic regression models showed that years of age (OR = 1.07; 95% CI: 1.04–1.10), EM status (OR = 5.72; 95% CI: 2.56–12.63) and hypertension (OR = 2.22; 95% CI: 1.01–4.85) were the only predictors of hospitalization.Conclusion: Our data support that EM status, rather than economic deprivation, is the socioeconomic factor associated with the probability of hospital admission for COVID-19 in Madrid, Spain.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605481/fullCOVID-19social determinansts of healthmigrant healthcarehospitalizationfollow up |
| spellingShingle | Julia Martínez-Alfonso Arthur Eumann Mesas Arthur Eumann Mesas Nuria Jimenez-Olivas Antonio Cabrera-Majada Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno José Manuel Díaz-Olalla Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study International Journal of Public Health COVID-19 social determinansts of health migrant healthcare hospitalization follow up |
| title | Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study |
| title_full | Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study |
| title_fullStr | Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study |
| title_short | Economic Migrants and Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study |
| title_sort | economic migrants and clinical course of sars cov 2 infection a follow up study |
| topic | COVID-19 social determinansts of health migrant healthcare hospitalization follow up |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605481/full |
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