Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria
Healthcare workers (HCWs) face an unprecedented higher risk of COVID-19 infection due to their work and exposure. In this study, we aim to examine the associated risk factors for COVID-19 infection among HCWs in North-East Nigeria. We used data collected retrospectively among a cohort of clinical an...
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| author | Roland I. Stephen Jamiu Olumoh Jennifer Tyndall Oyelola Adegboye |
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| description | Healthcare workers (HCWs) face an unprecedented higher risk of COVID-19 infection due to their work and exposure. In this study, we aim to examine the associated risk factors for COVID-19 infection among HCWs in North-East Nigeria. We used data collected retrospectively among a cohort of clinical and non-clinical HCWs in six healthcare facilities in Adamawa State, Nigeria. We estimated the marginal probability of COVID-19 infection among HWCs using alternating logistic regression via the generalized estimating equations (GEE) approach. Among the 318 HCWs, 178 (55.97%) were males, mean (±SD) age was 36.81 (±8.98), 237 (74.76%) were clinical, and 80 (25.24) were non-clinical staff. The overall prevalence of COVID-19 was 16.67% among HCWs. After adjusting for other variables in the model, our results showed that clinical staff had a 5-fold higher risk of COVID-19 infection than non-clinical staff (aOR = 5.07, 95% CI: 1.32–19.52). Moreover, significant exposure risk factors for COVID-19 infection for HCWs increase with age, time spent attending to patients, caring for COVID-19 patients, and having worked with COVID-19 samples, while the risk decreases with the use of an N95 mask. Our findings suggested that the burden of COVID-19 infection is higher for clinical staff than non-clinical staff, and increasing age contributed to the increased risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6969c52bdc314a6bb9af2148975b1b1a2023-12-03T14:45:55ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-09-011010191910.3390/healthcare10101919Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East NigeriaRoland I. Stephen0Jamiu Olumoh1Jennifer Tyndall2Oyelola Adegboye3Department of Internal Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola 640001, Adamawa State, NigeriaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Nigeria, Yola 640001, Adamawa State, NigeriaDepartment of Natural and Environmental Sciences, American University of Nigeria, Yola 640001, Adamawa State, NigeriaPublic Health and Tropical Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, AustraliaHealthcare workers (HCWs) face an unprecedented higher risk of COVID-19 infection due to their work and exposure. In this study, we aim to examine the associated risk factors for COVID-19 infection among HCWs in North-East Nigeria. We used data collected retrospectively among a cohort of clinical and non-clinical HCWs in six healthcare facilities in Adamawa State, Nigeria. We estimated the marginal probability of COVID-19 infection among HWCs using alternating logistic regression via the generalized estimating equations (GEE) approach. Among the 318 HCWs, 178 (55.97%) were males, mean (±SD) age was 36.81 (±8.98), 237 (74.76%) were clinical, and 80 (25.24) were non-clinical staff. The overall prevalence of COVID-19 was 16.67% among HCWs. After adjusting for other variables in the model, our results showed that clinical staff had a 5-fold higher risk of COVID-19 infection than non-clinical staff (aOR = 5.07, 95% CI: 1.32–19.52). Moreover, significant exposure risk factors for COVID-19 infection for HCWs increase with age, time spent attending to patients, caring for COVID-19 patients, and having worked with COVID-19 samples, while the risk decreases with the use of an N95 mask. Our findings suggested that the burden of COVID-19 infection is higher for clinical staff than non-clinical staff, and increasing age contributed to the increased risk.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/1919COVID-19healthcare workersclinical staffpersonal protective equipment |
| spellingShingle | Roland I. Stephen Jamiu Olumoh Jennifer Tyndall Oyelola Adegboye Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria Healthcare COVID-19 healthcare workers clinical staff personal protective equipment |
| title | Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria |
| title_full | Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria |
| title_short | Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in North-East Nigeria |
| title_sort | risk factors for covid 19 infection among healthcare workers in north east nigeria |
| topic | COVID-19 healthcare workers clinical staff personal protective equipment |
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