Alishaq Moza, Nafady-Hego Hanaa, Jeremijenko Andrew, Al Ajmi Jameela Ali, Elgendy Mohamed, Al Ansari Naser Ali Asad, Elgendy Hamed, Abou-Samra Abdul-Badi, Butt Adeel A
Department of Quality and Clinical Transformation, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Infect Drug Resist. 2022 Jul 21;15:3871-3879. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S360241. eCollection 2022.
To determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection among female workers who were restricted to working from home compared with those who continued to attend in-person work.
As part of national surveillance program, serum samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing and nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 PCR were obtained on 1636 female school staff and salon/spa workers who were restricted to work remotely (restricted group) and 1190 female health-care workers who continued in-person work (unrestricted group).
Seropositivity rate was 5.1% among the restricted and 22.7% among the unrestricted group (P < 0.0001). Presence of symptoms at baseline (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.88; 95% CI 2.09-3.97), contact with a confirmed case (aOR 2.34; 95% CI 1.37-3.98), and unrestricted work type (aOR 4.71; 95% CI 3.24-6.86) were associated with a higher risk of infection, while increasing age was associated with a lower risk of infection.
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection as determined by seropositivity was higher among women who were not subject to workplace restrictions.
确定与继续现场工作的女性工作者相比，被限制在家工作的女性工作者中新型冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）病毒感染的患病率。
作为国家监测计划的一部分，对1636名被限制远程工作的女性学校工作人员和沙龙/水疗中心工作人员（限制组）以及1190名继续现场工作的女性医护人员（非限制组）采集了用于SARS-CoV-2抗体检测的血清样本和用于SARS-CoV-2聚合酶链反应（PCR）的鼻咽拭子。
限制组的血清阳性率为5.1%，非限制组为22.7%（P<0.0001）。基线时出现症状（调整优势比[aOR]，2.88；95%置信区间[CI]2.09-3.97）、与确诊病例接触（aOR 2.34；95%CI 1.37-3.98）以及非限制工作类型（aOR 4.71；95%CI 3.24-6.86）与较高的感染风险相关，而年龄增加与较低的感染风险相关。
通过血清阳性确定的SARS-CoV-2感染患病率在未受到工作场所限制的女性中较高。
