Sabale Rupali, Velhal Gajanan, Tripathi Vandana, Tripathi Saurabh
Department of Community Medicine, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Department of Pedodontics, Govt Dental College, Mumbai, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jan;11(1):102-107. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_592_21. Epub 2022 Jan 31.
Police are the frontline warriors who themselves are at risk of getting corona infection. This research with considerable sample size is the first of its kind to assess the epidemiological determinants of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in the police personnel.
The Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) approval and permission from police authorities were taken. The cross-sectional, descriptive study was planned on randomly selected 375 police personnel in the month of September-November 2020. Police detected with COVID-19 were included and those who were critically ill were excluded from the study. The written informed consent was taken and data was collected by pretested questionnaire. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21.
The mean age of study subjects was 34.25 ± 9.1 years with 84% being males. There was no significant difference in age and sex distribution of study subjects. The most commonly affected police personnel were police constables (222 out of 375) followed by police nayak (42 out of 375). Around 88.2% were symptomatic. Symptoms were fever (64%), weakness (54.4%), cough (38.4%), loss of smell sensation (35.2%), cold (32.3%), shortness of breath (13.9%), diarrhea (11.7%), and pain in the abdomen (6.4%). "Cold" symptom was significantly higher in the younger age group as compared with the older age group. Shortness of breath was significantly higher in males as compared with females ( value < 0.05). The perceived probable sources of infection were from a colleague (33.9%), family member (4.5%), residential society member (2.4%) while performing duty (23.2%), and while traveling in public transport (4%). Regarding preventive measures, almost 99%, 94%, and 87%, followed hand hygiene, mask-wearing, and physical distancing, respectively, prior to getting corona infection. AYUSH self-care practices such as daily drinking of turmeric milk, warm water, and breathing exercises were practiced by 66.9%, 85.9%, and 54.1% of the police personnel, respectively.
There is male preponderance for corona infection among police personnel. Breathlessness is common in males as compared with female police. The cold symptom is mostly observed in young police personnel. Police personnel needs to judiciously follow physical distancing and practice general measures recommended by AYUSH.
警察是一线战士，他们自身面临感染新冠病毒的风险。这项样本量可观的研究是同类研究中首个评估警察群体中2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）感染的流行病学决定因素的研究。
获得了机构伦理委员会（IEC）的批准以及警方当局的许可。计划于2020年9月至11月对随机抽取的375名警察进行横断面描述性研究。纳入检测出COVID-19的警察，重症患者被排除在研究之外。获取了书面知情同意书，并通过预先测试的问卷收集数据。使用SPSS 21版录入和分析数据。
研究对象的平均年龄为34.25±9.1岁，男性占84%。研究对象的年龄和性别分布无显著差异。受影响最常见的警察是警员（375人中有222人），其次是警长（375人中有42人）。约88.2%有症状。症状包括发热（64%）、乏力（54.4%）、咳嗽（38.4%）、嗅觉丧失（35.2%）、感冒（32.3%）、呼吸急促（13.9%）、腹泻（11.7%）和腹痛（6.4%）。与老年组相比，“感冒”症状在年轻组中明显更高。男性的呼吸急促症状明显高于女性（ 值<0.05）。认为可能的感染源来自同事（33.9%）、家庭成员（4.5%）、居住社区成员（2.4%）、执勤时（23.2%）以及乘坐公共交通工具时（4%）。关于预防措施，在感染新冠病毒之前，分别有近99%、94%和87%的人遵循手部卫生、佩戴口罩和保持社交距离。分别有66.9%、85.9%和54.1%的警察人员进行了阿育吠陀自我护理措施，如每天饮用姜黄牛奶、温水和进行呼吸练习。
警察群体中男性感染新冠病毒的比例更高。与女警相比，男性呼吸急促症状常见。感冒症状多见于年轻警察。警察人员需要明智地保持社交距离并践行阿育吠陀推荐的一般措施。
