Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: de Carvalho, Álvaro
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Virgolino, Ana, de Sousa, José Germano, Barros, Henrique, Guimarães, Miguel, Antunes, Francisco
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/50760
Resumo: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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spelling Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in PortugalCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalenceFirst waveHealth care personnelHealth administrative regionsPortugal© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Health care personnel (HCP) might be highly exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study aims to determine the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among HCP in Portugal. A cross-sectional study was conducted between 1 June and 19 July 2020, following the first wave of COVID-19 in the country, with a convenience sample of HCP from different Portuguese health care units, geographically distributed at the national level. Diagnosis of COVID-19 was an exclusion criterion. HCP were tested for IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Data regarding participants’ demographic characteristics, medical history, COVID-19 symptoms, previous clinical testing for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) practices while caring for patients in areas with COVID-19 patients were also recorded. A total of 1802 HCP were screened (80.9% women), of which 55 (3.1%) had positive test results for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Factors such as geographical distribution (p = 0.002), profession (p = 0.018), having had a family member with COVID-19 (p < 0.001) and having had contact with family members with COVID-19 (p = 0.003) were found to be associated with infection. Adjusting for gender, age group, regional health administration and size of the household, health care assistants have an increased risk of having a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result in comparison to nurses. Understanding the prevalence of and factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among HCP is important for developing effective strategies to protect them and their patients.This research was funded by Fundação Álvaro de Carvalho, Fundação Vox Populi, Fundação Manuel Viegas Guerreiro and the Claude and Sofia Foundation.MDPIRepositório da Universidade de Lisboade Carvalho, ÁlvaroVirgolino, Anade Sousa, José GermanoBarros, HenriqueGuimarães, MiguelAntunes, Francisco2022-01-10T15:42:08Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/50760engMed. Sci. Forum 2021, 4, 242673-999210.3390/ECERPH-3-09068info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-11-20T18:11:03Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/50760Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-11-20T18:11:03Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
title Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
spellingShingle Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
de Carvalho, Álvaro
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence
First wave
Health care personnel
Health administrative regions
Portugal
title_short Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
title_full Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
title_sort Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care personnel in Portugal
author de Carvalho, Álvaro
author_facet de Carvalho, Álvaro
Virgolino, Ana
de Sousa, José Germano
Barros, Henrique
Guimarães, Miguel
Antunes, Francisco
author_role author
author2 Virgolino, Ana
de Sousa, José Germano
Barros, Henrique
Guimarães, Miguel
Antunes, Francisco
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv de Carvalho, Álvaro
Virgolino, Ana
de Sousa, José Germano
Barros, Henrique
Guimarães, Miguel
Antunes, Francisco
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence
First wave
Health care personnel
Health administrative regions
Portugal
topic COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence
First wave
Health care personnel
Health administrative regions
Portugal
description © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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