Return to work and associated factors of healthcare personnel with COVID-19 infection in Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2023.24Keywords:
return to work, COVID-19, long-COVID, occupational medicineAbstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging disease. This infectious disease has a significant impact on patient well-being as well as the working conditions. The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with the ability to return to work of healthcare personnel with COVID-19 infection within 14 days in Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital from June 6, 2021 to January 31, 2022. The study design was cross-sectional descriptive study and the study populations were 112 patients. Data on healthcare personnel’s returning to work and associated factors were collected from medical records and telephone interviews. Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and Independent t-test were used for data analysis, followed by Multiple logistic regression The statistical significance was p-value<0.05 and 95% confidence interval. Findings from the study indicated that 66.1% of healthcare personnel with COVID-19 infection had managed to return to work within 14 days of infection. The results also indicated that the factor statistically significantly related to the ability to return to work within 14 days was severity of disease (ORadj=0.15; 95% CI: 0.05-0.47), history of vaccination (ORadj=21.02; 95% CI: 1.71-258.36) and long COVID-related conditions such as chronic or post-COVID-19 syndrome (ORadj=0.15; 95% CI: 0.04-0.64). However, other related factors should also be considered when managing the return-to-work program for healthcare personnel with COVID-19 infection
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