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Healthcare workers hospitalized due to COVID-19 have no higher risk of death than general population Data from the Spanish SEMI-COVID-19 Registry #MMPMID33606820
Diez-Manglano J; Solis-Marquinez MN; Alvarez Garcia A; Alcala-Rivera N; Maderuelo Riesco I; Gerico Aseguinolaza M; Beato Perez JL; Mendez Bailon M; Labirua-Iturburu Ruiz AE; Garcia Gomez M; Martinez Cilleros C; Pesqueira Fontan PM; Abella Vazquez L; Blazquez Encinar JC; Boixeda R; Gil Sanchez R; de la Pena Fernandez A; Loureiro Amigo J; Escobar Sevilla J; Guzman Garcia M; Martin Escalante MD; Magallanes Gamboa JO; Martinez Gonzalez AL; Lumbreras Bermejo C; Anton Santos JM
PLoS One 2021[]; 16 (2): e0247422 PMID33606820show ga
AIM: To determine whether healthcare workers (HCW) hospitalized in Spain due to COVID-19 have a worse prognosis than non-healthcare workers (NHCW). METHODS: Observational cohort study based on the SEMI-COVID-19 Registry, a nationwide registry that collects sociodemographic, clinical, laboratory, and treatment data on patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Spain. Patients aged 20-65 years were selected. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed to identify factors associated with mortality. RESULTS: As of 22 May 2020, 4393 patients were included, of whom 419 (9.5%) were HCW. Median (interquartile range) age of HCW was 52 (15) years and 62.4% were women. Prevalence of comorbidities and severe radiological findings upon admission were less frequent in HCW. There were no difference in need of respiratory support and admission to intensive care unit, but occurrence of sepsis and in-hospital mortality was lower in HCW (1.7% vs. 3.9%; p = 0.024 and 0.7% vs. 4.8%; p<0.001 respectively). Age, male sex and comorbidity, were independently associated with higher in-hospital mortality and healthcare working with lower mortality (OR 0.211, 95%CI 0.067-0.667, p = 0.008). 30-days survival was higher in HCW (0.968 vs. 0.851 p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalized COVID-19 HCW had fewer comorbidities and a better prognosis than NHCW. Our results suggest that professional exposure to COVID-19 in HCW does not carry more clinical severity nor mortality.