Vieira Yohana Pereira, Camilo Lara Dos Santos, Araújo Évelyn Sousa, de Macedo Neto José Drummond, Junqueira Letícia Lima, Machado Karla Pereira, Gonzalez Tatiane Nogueira, Neves Rosália Garcia, Duro Suele Manjourany Silva, Saes Mirelle de Oliveira
Postgraduate Programme in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Food, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
BMC Public Health. 2025 May 26;25(1):1946. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23185-2.
To evaluate inequalities in the worsening of work and income decrease/cessation among adults and elderly people with COVID-19 in the extreme south of Brazil.
This is a cross-sectional study based on the SulCovid-19 study carried out with adults and elderly people infected with SARS CoV-2 from December/2020 to March/2021 in the municipality of Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. The outcomes were: "worsening of work" and "income decrease/cessation" following COVID-19. The independent variables were gender, skin color, income, education, health insurance, age, marital status, schooling, morbidities, hospitalization and long COVID.
prevalence of worsening work was 33.7% (95%CI 31.8; 35.5), while prevalence of income decrease/cessation was 44.6% (95%CI 42.7; 46.6). Female individuals with income in dollars between US0.00 and US192.0 had 13.0% (95% CI 1.01; 1.27) and 22.0% (95% CI 1.02; 1.46) greater prevalence of losing work and were 22.0% (95% CI 1.12; 1.34) and 49.0% (95% CI 1.31; 1.70) more likely to suffer a decrease/cessation of their income. Individuals with long COVID had 46.0% greater prevalence (95% CI 1.27; 1.68) of worsening at work and 24.0% (95% CI 1.13; 1.37) greater prevalence of income decrease/cessation when compared to those without the disease. Individuals with 3 symptoms or more had 86.0% (95% CI 1.58; 2.20) greater prevalence of worsening work and 47.0% (95% CI 1.31; 1.65) greater prevalence of income decrease/cessation when compared to those without long COVID symptoms.
There was inequality in the worsening of work and income decrease/cessation for individuals infected with SARS CoV-2. Among these individuals, females, lower income, low education and greater long COVID severity were the most affected.
评估巴西南部极端地区感染新冠病毒的成年人及老年人在工作恶化和收入减少/中断方面的不平等情况。
这是一项基于SulCovid - 19研究的横断面研究，于2020年12月至2021年3月在巴西南里奥格兰德州里奥格兰德市对感染SARS-CoV-2的成年人及老年人进行。研究结果为：感染新冠病毒后“工作恶化”和“收入减少/中断”。自变量包括性别、肤色、收入、教育程度、医疗保险、年龄、婚姻状况、受教育年限、疾病、住院情况和长期新冠症状。
工作恶化的患病率为33.7%（95%置信区间31.8；35.5），而收入减少/中断的患病率为44.6%（95%置信区间42.7；46.6）。收入在0.00美元至192.0美元之间的女性失去工作的患病率分别高出13.0%（95%置信区间1.01；1.27）和22.0%（95%置信区间1.02；1.46），收入减少/中断的可能性分别高出22.0%（95%置信区间1.12；1.34）和49.0%（95%置信区间1.31；1.70）。与未患长期新冠症状的人相比，患有长期新冠症状的人工作恶化的患病率高出46.0%（95%置信区间1.27；1.68），收入减少/中断的患病率高出24.0%（95%置信区间1.13；1.37）。与未患长期新冠症状的人相比，有3种或更多症状的人工作恶化的患病率高出86.0%（95%置信区间1.58；2.20），收入减少/中断的患病率高出47.0%（95%置信区间1.31；1.65）。
感染SARS-CoV-2的个体在工作恶化和收入减少/中断方面存在不平等。在这些个体中，女性、低收入、低教育程度以及长期新冠症状严重程度较高的人群受影响最大。
