The effects of COVID-19 on sickness of medical staff across departments: A single centre experience.
Clin Med (Lond)
; 21(2): e150-e154, 2021 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
COVID-19 presents a risk to healthcare workers, incurring harm to staff physical and mental wellbeing and difficulties in provision of care and service planning.METHODOLOGY:
Doctors' anonymised demographic and staff sickness data were collected between 16 March and 26 April 2020, corresponding with the single centre's greatest COVID-19 caseload.FINDINGS:
128 (39%) of doctors experienced at least one sickness episode. Episodes totalled 1,240 days, equating to a sickness absence rate of 9.1%. Rates varied between departments and grades. High levels of sickness were seen in medicine and both adult and paediatric emergency departments with the lowest levels seen in intensive care.DISCUSSION:
COVID-19 caused a burden of sickness on the medical workforce which must be accounted for in future workforce planning. The disparity in sickness rates across departments is likely to be multi-factorial. Further study is needed to investigate these factors to protect healthcare staff and their patients.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Pessoal de Saúde
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Absenteísmo
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COVID-19
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article