1. High body mass index and night shift work are associated with COVID-19 in health care workers.
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Rizza S, Coppeta L, Grelli S, Ferrazza G, Chiocchi M, Vanni G, Bonomo OC, Bellia A, Andreoni M, Magrini A, and Federici M
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- Aged, COVID-19 Testing, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin G immunology, Italy epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity complications, Obesity epidemiology, Personnel, Hospital, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Body Mass Index, COVID-19 epidemiology, Health Personnel statistics & numerical data, Shift Work Schedule
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Objective: To assess the magnitude of COVID-19 spread and the associated risk factors among health care workers (HCWs), we conducted an in-hospital survey in a central Italian COVID Hospital., Methods: Participants underwent nasopharyngeal swab and/or serum collection for SARS-CoV-2 IgG examination. We divided participants according to working status, into rotating-night shift workers (r-NSW) and day-workers., Results: We found 30 cases of COVID-19 infection in a total of 1180 HCWs (2.5%). Most COVID-19-positive hospital employees were r-NSWs with significantly higher BMI than that of individuals who tested negative. After adjustment for covariates, night work and BMI > 30 were associated with a markedly greater risk of COVID-19 diagnosis (OR 3.049 [95%CI 1.260-7.380] and OR 7.15 [95%CI 2.91-17.51], respectively)., Conclusions: Our results describe a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection among HCWs at a central Italian COVID Hospital. COVID-19 infection risk appears to be associated with obesity and night shift work, thus supporting the need for careful health surveillance among frontline HCWs exposed to COVID-19.
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- 2021
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