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Milde COVID-19-Verlaufe bei Mitarbeitenden einer Universitatsklinik : Die "erste Welle" am Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf #MMPMID34374799
von Felden J; Brehm TT; Schulze Zur Wiesch J; Addo MM; Lohse AW; Knobloch JK; Koch T
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2021[Sep]; 64 (9): 1165-1168 PMID34374799show ga
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are among the most exposed and potentially most threatened populations of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite some reports on numbers of infections with SARS-CoV?2 in German healthcare workers, the courses of their clinical presentation when affected by COVID-19 are not well described. OBJECTIVE: In this contribution, characteristics and progressions of infected cases among healthcare workers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be presented. METHODS: Between 1 July and 28 July 2020, 67 healthcare workers, who previously tested positive for SARS-CoV?2 via PCR, were invited via E?mail to participate in an anonymous online questionnaire; 39 persons participated. RESULTS: Participants (58%) were mostly =?39 years old (64%) and female (70%). Most healthcare workers were involved in direct patient management (85%), including contact with SARS-CoV?2 positive patients (62%). All participants reported acute symptoms with a median duration of 19 days. The most frequent symptoms were fatigue (85%), anosmia (67%), cough (64%), headache (62%), and shortness of breath (51%). The disease course was mostly mild with low admission rates (5%). Ongoing symptoms lasting more than four weeks post-symptom-onset, particularly anosmia, fatigue, and shortness of breath, were reported by 38%. This group more frequently had pre-existing conditions (53% vs. 12%, p?= 0.010), specifically hypertension (27% vs. 4%, p?= 0.062). DISCUSSION: Healthcare workers reported mostly mild courses of COVID-19 despite increased contact with SARS-CoV-2 patients. However, some reported persistent symptoms months after infection.