Prevalence of long COVID-19 among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A proportion of those who survive the acute phase of COVID-19 experience prolonged symptoms, commonly known as long COVID-19. Given that healthcare workers (HCWs) face an elevated risk of acute COVID-19 compared with the general population, the global burden of long COVID-19 in HCWs is likely to be large; however, there is limited understanding of the prevalence of long COVID-19 in HCWs, or its symptoms and their clustering. This review will aim to estimate the pooled prevalence and the symptoms of long COVID-19 among HCWs infected with SARS-CoV-2 globally, and investigate differences by country, age, sex, ethnicity, vaccination status and occupation.

Methods and analysis

A systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted. Medline (via Ovid), CINAHL (via EB

SUBMITTER: Al-Oraibi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729843 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature