Self-reported COVID-19 among physicians: An Egyptian online study during the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:   Background: COVID-19 causes a critical occupational risk to frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) who respond to the pandemic, as they are placed in environments with an increased risk of infection exposure. It is a public health priority to understand how transmission occurs to protect this vulnerable group of HCWs. This study was conducted to estimate the incidence of self-reported COVID-19 infection among physicians and its possible associated factors.  Methods: An online national survey using Survey Monkey was initiated to collect sociodemographic e.g. age and sex, occupational e.g. place and duration of work, and clinical data e.g. COVID symptoms and laboratory investigations, and to describe affected physicians' diagnoses. Results: The self-reported incidence of COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Abou-ElWafa HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447048 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature