Prevalence and associated factors of COVID-19 across Italian regions: a secondary analysis from a national survey on physiotherapists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in China in December 2019 and now is a pandemic all around the world. In Italy, Northern regions were hit the hardest during the first wave. We aim to explore the prevalence and the exposure characteristics of physiotherapists (PTs) working in different Italian regions during the first wave of COVID-19.

Methods

Between April and May 2020 a structured anonymous online survey was distributed to all PTs registered in the National Professional Registry to collect prevalence data of a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 (i.e., nasopharyngeal swab and/or serological test). A bottom-up agglomerative nesting hierarchical clustering method was applied to identify groups of regions based on response rate. Multivariable logistic regr

SUBMITTER: Gambazza S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8677342 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature