Assessment of post-SARS-CoV-2 fatigue among physicians working in COVID-designated hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Brain Behav
; 14(6): e3553, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Fatigue has been observed after the outbreaks of several infectious diseases around the world. To explore the fatigue level among physicians working in COVID-19-designated hospitals in Bangladesh, a matched caseâcontrol study was conducted on post-SARS-CoV-2 fatigue.METHOD:
In this study, 105 physicians diagnosed with COVID-19 who were declared cured at least 6 weeks before the interview date were recruited as cases, and the same number of age- and designation-matched healthy physicians were recruited as controls from the same hospital at a 11 ratio. Diagnosis of COVID-19 infection was confirmed by detection of SARS CoV-2 antigen by RTâPCR from reference laboratories in Bangladesh or by HRCT chest.RESULT:
Approximately two-thirds of the physicians were male (67.6% vs. 32.4%). More than 80% of them were younger than 40 years. The cases had a significantly greater number of comorbid conditions. The fatigue severity scale (FSS) score (mean) was much higher for cases (36.7 ± 5.3 vs. 19.3 ± 3.8) than for the control group, with a statistically significant difference. Similarly, approximately 67.7% of the previously COVID-19-positive physicians were in the highest FSS score tertile compared to the respondents in the control group, who had a mean score of <3.CONCLUSION:
Physicians who had a previous history of COVID-19 infection had significantly higher total and mean FSS scores, signifying a more severe level of fatigue than physicians who had never been COVID-19 positive while working in the same hospital irrespective of their age and sex.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Fadiga
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COVID-19
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Brain Behav
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Bangladesh