Title
Factors Associated With the Illness of Nursing Professionals Caused by COVID-19 in Three University Hospitals in Brazil
Date Issued
01 June 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated the importance of implementing strategic management that prioritizes the safety of frontline nurse professionals. In this sense, this research was aimed at identifying factors associated with the illness of nursing professionals caused by COVID-19 according to socio-demographic, clinical, and labor variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three Brazilian university hospitals with 859 nursing professionals, which include nurses, technicians, and nursing assistants, between November 2020 and February 2021. We present data using absolute and relative frequency. We used Chi-square test for hypothesis testing and multiple logistic regression for predictive analysis and chances of occurrence. Results: The rate of nursing professionals affected by COVID-19 was 41.8%, and the factors associated with contamination were the number of people in the same household with COVID-19 and obesity. Being a nurse was a protective factor when the entire nursing team was considered. The model is significant, and its variables represent 56.61% of the occurrence of COVID-19 in nursing professionals. Conclusion: Obesity and living in the same household as other people affected by COVID-19 increases the risk of contamination by this new coronavirus.
Start page
255
End page
260
Volume
13
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Ciencias del cuidado de la salud y servicios (administración de hospitales, financiamiento)
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85128316841
Source
Safety and Health at Work
ISSN of the container
20937911
Sponsor(s)
Of the nursing professionals, 662 (77.6%) were trained to care for patients with COVID-19. Furthermore, regarding the provision of mental health support, we found that 46.6% responded positively, whereas 20.5% of the sample could not confirm whether the institution provided this activity. Another relevant factor was that 67.5% of contaminated professionals worked in just one hospital. We found that the variables hospital, work sector, mental health support, and working in another institution were associated with the occurrence of COVID-19 (Table 2).The authors are grateful for the support of Instituto do Coração Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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