Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection and Its Associated Factors Among Government Healthcare Workers (HCWs) in Lahad Datu, Sabah

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10.2991/ahsr.k.220108.007How to use a DOI?

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COVID-19; healthcare workers; Lahad Datu

Abstract

The increase in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases involving healthcare workers (HCWs) raises concern and puts a burden on government health services due to the reduced availability of functional workforce despite increasing workload demand. To determine the prevalence of COVID-19 infection and its associated factors among government healthcare workers (HCWs) in Lahad Datu, Sabah. This was a cross sectional design study conducted in May 2021 among 440 government healthcare workers that had undergone COVID-19 testing at least once in Lahad Datu, Sabah. Validated Google form questionnaire were administered in this study. All data were analyzed by SPSS version 25 involving descriptive statistic and analytical statistic using Chi Square test and multiple logistic regression analysis. The response rate was 81.1%. The prevalence of COVID-19 infection among government HCWs in Lahad Datu, Sabah was 8.7%. Types of COVID-19 exposure (p < 0.05), staying in same household as a person with COVID-19 (p < 0.05), had direct physical contact with HCWs with COVID-19 without wearing appropriate PPE(p < 0.01), had contact with environment where a COVID-19 patient received care without wearing appropriate PPE (p < 0.01), did not adhere to physical distancing more than 1 metre with unknown COVID-19 patient infection status (p = 0.02) and infection, prevention and control (IPC) training status (p < 0.05) were factors associated with COVID-19 infection among government healthcare workers in Lahad Datu, Sabah. There were four factors that were able to predict COVID 19 infection among government healthcare workers in Lahad Datu, Sabah which were community-related exposure (AOR 34.87; 95% CI 8.60-141.35, p < 0.01), healthcare-related exposure (AOR 6.37; 95% CI 1.94-20.85, p < 0.01), has direct physical contact with HCWs with positive COVID-19 without wearing PPE (AOR 6.96; 95% CI 2.04-23.73, p < 0.01), and had IPC training after COVID-19 pandemic (AOR 11.99; 95% CI 1.63-88.16, p = 0.02). Community-related exposure, healthcare-related exposure, had direct physical contact with HCWs with positive COVID-19 without wearing PPE and had IPC training after COVID-19 pandemic is associated with increased risk of COVID-19 infection in this study. The increased COVID-19 infection risk among HCWs that had IPC training after COVID-19 pandemic was mainly due to the fact that more HCWs with completed training were dispatched to COVID-19 management services centres thus they had more COVID-19 exposure from patients. Healthcare workers are among the population at risk of getting COVID-19 infection due to their work nature. Therefore, adhere to appropriate PPE use and physical distancing in the community and workplaces, also having regular and updated COVID-19 related training can reduce COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers.

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AU  - M.R. Nur Syarah Zulaikha
AU  - A.R. Anita
AU  - M. Siti Aisah
AU  - G. Valentine
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/25
TI  - Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection and Its Associated Factors Among Government Healthcare Workers (HCWs) in Lahad Datu, Sabah
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Meeting on Public Health and Sports (ISMOPHS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 32
EP  - 40
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220108.007
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220108.007
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