美国劳动力中的长期COVID和慢性疾病:流行率,生产力损失和残疾
Carole Bonner1, Sera-Leigh Ghouralal
1From the Trident University International, Cypress, CA (C.B.); USA and Integrated Benefits Institute, Oakland, California (C.B.); and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania (S.L.-G.); and Integrated Benefits Institute, Oakland, California (S.-L.G.).
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
|December 12, 2023
概括
长期的COVID显著影响劳动力出勤率和残疾风险,特别是在患有精神健康问题和糖尿病等先前存在的慢性疾病的人群中. 这项研究强调了长期COVID,慢性疾病和就业结果之间的关键联系.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 长期COVID是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题,可能会产生广泛的社会经济影响.
- 了解长期COVID,慢性疾病和工作结果之间的相互作用对于劳动力健康至关重要.
- 以前的研究已经探讨了慢性疾病和工作,但长期COVID的具体影响是一个新兴领域.
研究的目的:
- 检查一般劳动力中长期COVID的流行情况.
- 调查长期COVID,各种慢性疾病和社会人口因素之间的关联.
- 确定长期COVID对工作出勤和残疾风险的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了2022年国家健康访谈调查的数据.
- 采用统计分析来评估长期COVID的流行情况.
- 检查了长期COVID,慢性疾病 (如精神健康问题,糖尿病,心血管疾病) 和与工作有关的结果之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 长期COVID被发现会对工作出席率产生负面影响.
- 长期COVID与增加残疾风险有关.
- 这些影响在患有同时出现的慢性疾病的个体中尤为明显,包括精神健康问题,心痛,中风,癌症,糖尿病,慢性肺部疾病和肌肉骨疾病.
结论:
- 这项研究阐明了长期COVID,慢性疾病的存在和不良工作结果之间的重要关系.
- 调查结果强调了针对长期COVID的工人,特别是那些患有并发症的工人,需要有针对性的支持和干预措施.
- 这项研究为雇主,医疗保健提供者和决策者提供了有价值的见解,这些决策者正在解决大流行对劳动力的长期健康和经济后果.
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