Abstract
Objective: To analyze clinical and sociodemographic characteristics associated with death and hospitalization of healthcare workers due to COVID-19, in addition to calculating the incidence rates per profession.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational study using secondary open data from the State Health Department of Espírito Santo (ES), Brazil. The cases of COVID-19 in healthcare workers were recorded between February 27 and August 17, 2020, in Espírito Santo, excluding cases with missing information.
Results: Of the confirmed cases, 75.6% (n=9,191) were female. The overall case fatality rate was 0.27% and the general hospitalization rate was 0.99%. The clinical outcome of death and the occurrence of hospitalization were associated with male sex, age ≥50 years, higher education, fever, difficulty breathing, cough, cardiac comorbidity, diabetes and obesity (p<0.05). Only the occurrence of hospitalization was associated with case reported in the metropolitan region of Vitória, runny nose, sore throat, headache and renal comorbidity (p<0.05). The profession with the highest incidence rate was nurse (16,053.2 cases/100,000 nurses).
Conclusion: The study demonstrated high frequency of cases among women, low overall case fatality rate, and high incidence in nurses.
【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Brazil, Hospitalization, cross-sectional, obesity, Comorbidity, cough, headache, healthcare worker, Clinical outcome, Nurses, Fever, female, death, incidence rate, age, women, incidence, information, Frequency, Male sex, Sociodemographic characteristics, sore throat, confirmed cases, Fatality rate, Department, renal, difficulty breathing, state, Occurrence, highest, reported, addition, demonstrated, diabete, were recorded, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, Hospitalization, healthcare worker, death, Sociodemographic characteristics,