The impact of occupational exposures on infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: a test-negative design study with register data of 207 034 Dutch workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the effects of occupational exposures on the risk of a positive COVID-19 test, and whether this differed across pandemic waves.

Methods

Data from 207 034 workers from The Netherlands with test data on COVID-19 from June 2020 until August 2021 were available. Occupational exposure was estimated by using the eight dimensions of a COVID-19 job exposure matrix (JEM). Personal characteristics, household composition and residence area were derived from Statistics Netherlands. A test-negative design was applied in which the risk of a positive test was analyzed in a conditional logit model.

Results

All eight dimensions of occupational exposure included in the JEM increased the odds of a positive test for the entire study period and th

SUBMITTER: Eekhout I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10713988 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature