The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study
Objective: This study aims to find out the frequency and risk factors responsible for COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers in a large-scale university teaching hospital. Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 185 healthcare workers sampled from the database of 1309 participants...
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| author | Ghulam Fatima Ashraf Jahangeer Amjad Siraj Memon Nighat Nisar Muhammad Hamdan Muhammad Saeed Quraishy |
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Objective: This study aims to find out the frequency and risk factors responsible for COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers in a large-scale university teaching hospital.
Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 185 healthcare workers sampled from the database of 1309 participants maintained at Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi. Both the cases and controls were derived from the hospital’s database of COVID-19 Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and COVID-19 antibody tests performed on the said population. The participants included were physicians working in the hospital. They were grouped into cases and controls based on the positive diagnostic tests. We administered a simple structured questionnaire over the telephone and face to face for the interview. Statistical analyses were performed on IBM SPSS version 25.
Results: The mean age of cases was significantly different than controls [cases (32.7±9.9) vs controls (38.8±10.6), p-value=0.002]. More cases 29/37 (78.3%) were working at a single setting compared to controls 54/148 (36.5%) (P-value <0.001). The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), exposure to COVID-19 patients and experiencing symptoms also had statistical significance with the odds of infection (p-value <0.05).
Conclusion: This study concludes that younger age, exposure to a known COVID-19 patient and longer duration of exposure among the hospital physicians is associated with positive COVID-19 results. Therefore, it is imperative that adequate measures be undertaken to limit the exposure to COVID-19 patients in this age group.
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| spelling | doaj.art-bab85196577241668a1a93740f742c262024-01-05T06:06:05ZengKARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGEAnnals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College1563-32412023-05-0128210.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.563415The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control StudyGhulam Fatima0Ashraf Jahangeer1Amjad Siraj Memon2Nighat Nisar3Muhammad Hamdan4Muhammad Saeed Quraishy5Central Laboratory, Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil HospitalDow University of Health SciencesDepartment of Surgery, Dow University of Health SciencesDepartment of Community Medicine, Dow University of Health SciencesDr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Department of Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences Objective: This study aims to find out the frequency and risk factors responsible for COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers in a large-scale university teaching hospital. Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 185 healthcare workers sampled from the database of 1309 participants maintained at Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi. Both the cases and controls were derived from the hospital’s database of COVID-19 Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and COVID-19 antibody tests performed on the said population. The participants included were physicians working in the hospital. They were grouped into cases and controls based on the positive diagnostic tests. We administered a simple structured questionnaire over the telephone and face to face for the interview. Statistical analyses were performed on IBM SPSS version 25. Results: The mean age of cases was significantly different than controls [cases (32.7±9.9) vs controls (38.8±10.6), p-value=0.002]. More cases 29/37 (78.3%) were working at a single setting compared to controls 54/148 (36.5%) (P-value <0.001). The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), exposure to COVID-19 patients and experiencing symptoms also had statistical significance with the odds of infection (p-value <0.05). Conclusion: This study concludes that younger age, exposure to a known COVID-19 patient and longer duration of exposure among the hospital physicians is associated with positive COVID-19 results. Therefore, it is imperative that adequate measures be undertaken to limit the exposure to COVID-19 patients in this age group. https://www.annals-ashkmdc.org/index.php/ashkmdc/article/view/563SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, healthcare personnel, Personal Protective Equipment, environmental exposure |
| spellingShingle | Ghulam Fatima Ashraf Jahangeer Amjad Siraj Memon Nighat Nisar Muhammad Hamdan Muhammad Saeed Quraishy The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, healthcare personnel, Personal Protective Equipment, environmental exposure |
| title | The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study |
| title_full | The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study |
| title_fullStr | The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study |
| title_short | The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study |
| title_sort | frequency and risk factors for covid 19 infection among healthcare workers in a large scale university teaching hospital a case control study |
| topic | SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, healthcare personnel, Personal Protective Equipment, environmental exposure |
| url | https://www.annals-ashkmdc.org/index.php/ashkmdc/article/view/563 |
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