Sickness absenteeism among primary health care workers in Qatar before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the patterns, trends, nature, and extent of changes in sickness absence among health care workers (HCWs) at the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar-during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years and uncover the main associated factors.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of all sick leaves' records of PHCC HCWs regardless of their profession from January 2019 till August 2021.

Results

A total of 41,132 sick leaves were taken during the studied period. The majority of HCWs who availed sick leaves were between 30-39 years (45.9%), females (65.1%), and expatriates (65.1%). Compared with pre-COVID-19 (Jan 2019-Feb 2020), Wave 1 of COVID-19 had significantly less incidence of sick leaves per day per 1000 HCWs. While wave

SUBMITTER: Al-Nuaimi AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018637 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature