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Factors associated with SARS-COV-2 positivity in nursing workers
Jones Sidnei Barbosa de Oliveira1, Fernanda Carneiro Mussi1, Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho1
1Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Objective:
To investigate the association of sociodemographic and occupational variables with SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in nursing workers.
Method:
Exploratory and analytical study carried out with a population of 15,936 workers. A secondary database was used and data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, using the robust Poisson Regression Model and a statistical significance of 5%.
Results:
There was predomination of female sex (87.3%), age group from 31 to 59 years (80.3%), brown race/color (63.4%), nursing technicians/assistants (69.6%), role care area (95.1%), outsourced (70.1%) and single (78.2%) employment relation. The age range of 31 to 59 years (95% CI 1.05-1.68) and 18 to 30 years (95% CI 1.12-1.84), black race/color (95% CI 1.02-1.28), having more than one employment relationship (95% CI 1.14-1.33) and having contact with a confirmed case (95% CI 1.03-1.19) were associated with infection in the multivariate analysis.
Conclusion:
Detection of infection was associated with adult, black workers, with more than one employment relationship and contact with people infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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