COVID-19 after the first wave of the pandemic among employees from a German university hospital: prevalence and questionnaire data.
J Med Life
; 15(9): 1119-1128, 2022 Sep.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2146200
ABSTRACT
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has changed lives around the world. In particular, healthcare workers faced significant challenges as a result of the pandemic. This study investigates the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in March-April 2020 in Germany among healthcare workers and relates it to questionnaire data. In June 2020, all employees of the reporting hospital were offered a free SARS-CoV-2 antibody test. The first 2,550 test results were sent along with study documents. The response rate was 15.1%. The COVID-19 PCR test prevalence amongst health care workers in this study was 1.04% (95% CI 0.41-2.65%), higher by a factor of 5 than in the general population (p=0.01). The ratio of seroprevalence to PCR prevalence was 1.5. COVID-19-associated symptoms were also prevalent in the non-COVID-19-positive population. Only two symptoms showed statistically significant odds ratios, loss of smell and loss of taste. Health care workers largely supported non-pharmaceutical interventions during the initial lockdown (93%). Individual behavior correlated significantly with attitudes toward policy interventions and perceived individual risk factors. Our data suggest that healthcare workers may be at higher risk of infection. Therefore, a discussion about prioritizing vaccination makes sense. They also support offering increased SARS-CoV-2 testing to hospital workers. It is concluded that easier access to SARS-CoV-2 testing reduces the number of unreported cases. Furthermore, individual attitudes toward rules and regulations on COVID-19 critically influence compliance. Thus, one goal of public policy should be to maintain high levels of support for non-pharmaceutical interventions to keep actual compliance high.
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MEDLINE
Основная тема:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Тип исследования:
Диагностическое исследование
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Наблюдательное исследование
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Прогностическое исследование
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Рандомизированные контролируемые испытания
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Вакцина
Пределы темы:
Люди
Язык:
английский
Журнал:
J Med Life
Тематика журнала:
Медицина
Год:
2022
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Статья
Аффилированная страна:
Jml-2022-0126
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