The Impact of the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers

An Italian Retrospective Study

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ID15499816
AutoresGiuliana Buresti (0000-0003-3976-3112, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro), Bruna Maria Rondinone (0000-0002-4024-9877, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, autor correspondente), Diana Gagliardi (0000-0003-0236-3385, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro), Marta Petyx (Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro), Fortunato D’Ancona (0000-0002-9855-2924), Fortunato Paolo D’Ancona (Department of Infectious Diseases, Italian Institute of Health (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy), Patrizio Pezzotti (0000-0002-0805-2927, Department of Infectious Diseases, Italian Institute of Health (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy), Flavia Riccardo (0000-0002-1582-6329, Department of Infectious Diseases, Italian Institute of Health (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy), Sergio Iavicoli (0000-0002-5956-9723, Ministero della Salute)
Ano2022
Volume19
Fascículo9
Páginas5205-5205
Data de publicação2022-04-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19095205
PMID35564600
OpenAlexW4224815531
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas22

Healthcare workers (HCWs) played an essential role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. The Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL) and the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) developed a retrospective study to analyze and understand trends and characteristics of infections among HCWs during the first wave of the pandemic. Between May and September 2020, Italian Regions retrospectively collected anonymous data regarding HCWs infected from the beginning of the pandemic until 30 April 2020 from their administrative sources through a questionnaire asking for socio-demographic and occupational information about the characteristics of contagion and disease outcome. Almost 16,000 valid questionnaires were received. Logistic regression was performed to ascertain the effect of age, gender, geographical macro area, profession, and pre-existing health conditions on the likelihood of HCWs developing more severe forms of COVID-19 (at least hospitalization with mild symptoms). All predictor variables were statistically significant. HCWs at higher risk of developing a more severe disease were males (OR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.44-2.51), older than 60 years of age (OR: 6.00; 95% CI: 3.30-10.91), doctors (OR: 4.22; 95% CI: 2.22-9.02), working in Lombardy (OR: 55.24; 95% CI: 34.96-87.29) and with pre-existing health conditions (OR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.43-2.51). This study analyses the main reasons for the overload put on the National Health Service by the first wave of the pandemic and the risk of infection for HCWs by age, gender, occupational profile and pre-existing health conditions. Improved knowledge, availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and a tight vaccination campaign for HCWs strongly changed the trend of infections among HCWs, with substantial elimination of serious and fatal cases

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Logistic regression · Occupational safety and health · Pandemic · Retrospective cohort study · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Infection Control and Ventilation · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Surgery