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1. Physical health complaints among healthcare workers engaged in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients: A single tertiary-care center prospective study from Japan

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Hiroki Namikawa, Yoshihiro Tochino, Akiko Okada, Keiko Ota, Yasuyo Okada, Kazuya Fujioka, Koichi Yamada, Tetsuya Watanabe, Yu Nakagama, Yasutoshi Kido, Yasuhiko Takemoto, Yasumitsu Mizobata, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yumiko Kuwatsuru, Toshihiko Shibata, and Taichi Shuto

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COVID-19, Physical health, Healthcare workers, Nurse, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) who manage patients with the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at an increased risk and fear of contracting the infection themselves. Hospitals must reduce both the physical and mental burden of HCWs on the front lines and ensure their safety. No prospective study has focused on the physical health complaints among HCWs engaged in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of various physical symptoms experienced by HCWs following their exposure to COVID-19 patients and investigate the association between occupation and the manifestation of physical symptoms among HCWs at a tertiary hospital in Japan during the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A twice-weekly questionnaire targeting HCWs who care for COVID-19 patients was performed at Osaka City University Hospital from April 30 to May 31, 2020. The demographic characteristics of the participants, frequency of exposure to at-risk care, and physical complaints were evaluated. Results: Seventy-six HCWs participated in this study, of whom 24 (31.6%) were doctors, 43 (56.6%) were nurses, and 9 (11.8%) were technicians. The frequency of experiencing any physical symptom was 25.0% among HCWs. Exposure to at-risk care was significantly higher among nurses than among doctors (p < 0.001). Notably, the frequency of physical symptoms among the nurses was very high at 39.5% and obviously higher than that of physical symptoms among the doctors (p < 0.01). Conclusions: Our results indicate that hospital occupational health care must be provided to HCWs who are engaged in the care of COVID-19 patients and are thus highly exposed to at-risk care.

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2021
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2. Physical health complaints among healthcare workers engaged in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients: A single tertiary-care center prospective study from Japan

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Akiko Okada, Yoshihiro Tochino, Hiroki Namikawa, Hiroshi Kakeya, Taichi Shuto, Yasuyo Okada, Kazuya Fujioka, Keiko Ota, Yasuhiko Takemoto, Koichi Yamada, Yu Nakagama, Yasutoshi Kido, Yumiko Kuwatsuru, Toshihiko Shibata, Yasumitsu Mizobata, and Tetsuya Watanabe

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medicine.medical_specialty, Electronic data capture, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Critical Illness, Health Personnel, health care facilities, manpower, and services, education, Physical health, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Tertiary care, SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Tertiary Care Centers, PCR, polymerase chain reaction, Japan, Pandemic, Health care, medicine, Humans, Healthcare workers, Prospective Studies, Infectious disease (athletes), Prospective cohort study, Pandemics, COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019, HCW, healthcare worker, SARS-CoV-2, Critically ill, business.industry, Nurse, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, REDCap, Research Electronic Data Capture, virus diseases, COVID-19, General Medicine, University hospital, Infectious Diseases, Family medicine, Original Article, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, business, PPE, personal protective equipment
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BackgroundHealthcare workers (HCWs) who care for patients with the novel coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) are at an increased risk and fear contracting the infection themselves. HCWs are chronically exposed to very intense stress, both and physically and mentally. Hospitals must reduce both the physical and mental burden of HCWs on the front lines and ensure their safety. No prospective study has focused on the physical health complaints among HCWs engaged in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to investigate the occupational risk among HCWs of experiencing physical symptoms during the current COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA twice-weekly questionnaire targeting HCWs who care for COVID-19 patients was performed at Osaka City University Hospital from April 30 to May 31, 2020 using a shareable Research Electronic Data Capture tool. The demographic characteristics of the participants, frequency of exposure to at-risk care, and physical complaints were evaluated.ResultsA total of 35 doctors, 88 nurses, and 35 technicians were engaged in the care of these critically ill COVID-19 patients. 76 HCWs participated in this study, of whom 24 (31.6%) were doctors, 43 (56.6%) were nurses, and 9 (11.8%) were technicians. The frequency of experiencing any physical symptom was 25.0% among HCWs. Exposure to at-risk care was significantly higher among nurses than among doctors (p < 0.001); likewise, the frequency of experiencing physical symptoms was higher among nurses than among doctors (p < 0.01). The multivariate analysis revealed that nurses (odds ratio 8.29; p = 0.01) might be independently at risk of experiencing physical symptoms.ConclusionsOur results indicate that occupational health care at hospitals must be allocated to HCWs who are highly exposed to at-risk care, particularly nurses engaged in the care of COVID-19 patients.

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2021

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