Self-reported long COVID-19 symptoms are rare among vaccinated healthcare workers

COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected healthcare workers (HCWs). Here, we evaluate the occurence of long-COVID-19 symtoms among HCWs. This is a questionnaire-based study of HCWs who had COVID-19 in two medical centers in Saudi Arabia and were mostly vaccinated. The study included 243 HCWs with a mean...

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Published in:Journal of infection and public health 2023-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1276-1280
Main Authors: AlBahrani, Salma, AlBarrak, Ali, AlGubaisi, Nawal, Alkurdi, Hamoud, Alburaiki, Dalia, AlGhamdi, Abdulrahaman, AlOthaiqy, Mohammed, Tayeb, Sarah, Tayeb, Nesreen, Abdraboh, Salimah, Khairi, Amani, Alshareef, Lujain, AlHarbi, Asma, AlRabeeah, Saad, Alqahtani, Abdullah S., Alqahtani, Jaber S., Hakami, Fatimah Hassan, Al-Maqati, Thekra N., Alkhrashi, Sausan Abdulrahman, Almershad, Meshael Musaed, AlAbbadi, Asmaa, Hakami, Mariam Hassan, Faqihi, Osama, Altawfiq, Kauthar Jaffar A., Jebakumar, Arulanantham Zachariah, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cough
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 Vaccines
Diarrhea
Health Personnel
Healthcare workers
Humans
Long-COVID
Pandemics
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
Post-COVID
SARS-CoV-2
Self Report
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Summary:COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected healthcare workers (HCWs). Here, we evaluate the occurence of long-COVID-19 symtoms among HCWs. This is a questionnaire-based study of HCWs who had COVID-19 in two medical centers in Saudi Arabia and were mostly vaccinated. The study included 243 HCWs with a mean age (+ SD) of 36.1 (+ 7.6) years. Of them, 223 (91.8%) had three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 12 (4.9%) had four doses, and 5 (2.1%) had two doses. The most common symptoms at the start of the illness were cough (180, 74.1%), shortness of breath (124, 51%), muscle ache (117, 48.1%), headache (113, 46.5%), sore throat (111, 45.7%), diarrhea (109, 44.9%) and loss of taste (108, 44.4%). Symptoms lasted for one week and 2 months and 3 months in 15 (6.2%). The main symptoms present> 3 months were hair loss (8, 3.3%), cough (5, 2.1%), and diarrhea (5, 2.1%). A binomial regression analysis showed no relationship between persistence of symptoms for> 3 months and other demographic or clinical symptoms characteristics. The study showed a low rate of the occurence of long-COVID> 3 months during the Omicron-wave among mostly vaccinated HCWs with no significant comorbidities. Furhter studies are needed to examine the effect of different vaccines on long-COVID-19 among HCWs.
ISSN:1876-0341
1876-035X
DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.037