Sociodemographic risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection among Massachusetts healthcare workers: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To better understand coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission among healthcare workers (HCWs), we investigated occupational and nonoccupational risk factors associated with cumulative COVID-19 incidence among a Massachusetts HCW cohort.

Design, setting, and participants

The retrospective cohort study included adult HCWs in a single healthcare system from March 9 to June 3, 2020.

Methods

The SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal RT-PCR results and demographics of the study participants were deidentified and extracted from an established occupational health, COVID-19 database at the healthcare system. HCWs from each particular job grouping had been categorized into frontline or nonfrontline workers. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and odds ratios (ORs) were used to c

SUBMITTER: Lan FY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8185417 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature