Return to Work of Healthcare Workers after SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Determinants of Physical and Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has involved healthcare workers (HCWs) both as caregivers and as patients. This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the HCWs working in a third-level hospital in Central Italy who were infected with COVID-19 from March 2020 to April 2021. This research aims at identifying the physical and mental health outcomes of HCWs infected with COVID-19 who returned to work after the infection, the determinants of those outcomes, such as age and sex, and the identification of possible vulnerable professional groups.

Methods

A questionnaire about the acute illness, the experience of returning to work, and health perceptions after the disease was administered to 427 healthcare workers 3 months after recovering from the SARS-CoV-2 infec

SUBMITTER: Grazzini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180816 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature