Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domiciliary care workers in Wales, UK: a data linkage cohort study using the SAIL Databank.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify population health risks for domiciliary care workers (DCWs) in Wales, UK, working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

A population-level retrospective study linking occupational registration data to anonymised electronic health records maintained by the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank in a privacy-protecting trusted research environment.

Setting

Registered DCW population in Wales.

Participants

Records for all linked DCWs from 1 March 2020 to 30 November 2021.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Our primary outcome was confirmed COVID-19 infection; secondary outcomes included contacts for suspected COVID-19, mental health including self-harm, fit notes, respiratory infections not necessarily recorded as COVID-19,

SUBMITTER: Cannings-John R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10255029 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature