TY - JOUR
T1 - Time to a Negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR Predicts Delayed Return to Work After Medical Leave in COVID-19 Infected Health Care Workers
AU - Villarreal, Jaime
AU - Nieto, Sandra Valeria
AU - Vázquez, Fabián
AU - Del Campo, M. Teresa
AU - Mahillo, Ignacio
AU - De La Hoz, Rafael E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Objective: To investigate whether HCWs return to work (RTW) after COVID-19 was associated with time to a negative viral detection test. Methods: To evaluate the association of RTW with an undetectable RT-PCR adjusting for different factors. Results: Three hundred seventy-five HCWs who required medical leave for COVID-19 at a hospital in Madrid. Multivariable analyses confirmed the association of delayed RTW with interval to negative PCR (ORadj 1.12, 95% CI 1.08, 1.17) as well as age, sex, and nursing staff and clinical support services compared to physicians. A predictive model based on those variables is proposed, which had an area under the receiver operating curve of 0.82. Conclusions: Delayed RTW was associated with longer interval to a negative RT-PCR after symptom onset, adjusting for occupational category, age, and sex.
AB - Objective: To investigate whether HCWs return to work (RTW) after COVID-19 was associated with time to a negative viral detection test. Methods: To evaluate the association of RTW with an undetectable RT-PCR adjusting for different factors. Results: Three hundred seventy-five HCWs who required medical leave for COVID-19 at a hospital in Madrid. Multivariable analyses confirmed the association of delayed RTW with interval to negative PCR (ORadj 1.12, 95% CI 1.08, 1.17) as well as age, sex, and nursing staff and clinical support services compared to physicians. A predictive model based on those variables is proposed, which had an area under the receiver operating curve of 0.82. Conclusions: Delayed RTW was associated with longer interval to a negative RT-PCR after symptom onset, adjusting for occupational category, age, and sex.
KW - COVID-19
KW - health care workers
KW - occupational infections
KW - occupational injury
KW - occupational lung disease
KW - return to work
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002336
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002336
M3 - Article
C2 - 34325436
AN - SCOPUS:85117128813
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 63
SP - 970
EP - 974
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 11
ER -