Description of COVID-19 hospitalized health workers in the first nine weeks of the pandemic, Brazil, 2020

• Main Author: Duarte, Magda Machado Saraiva
• Publication Date: 2020
• Other Authors: Haslett, Maria Isabella Claudino, Freitas, Leonardo José Alves de, Gomes, Nivreanes Tcherno Nulle, Silva, Danielle Cristine Castanha da, Percio, Jadher, Wada, Marcelo Yoshito, Fantinato, Francieli Fontana Sutile Tardetti, Almeida, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de, Silva, Daiana Araujo da, Gava, Caroline, França, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de, Macário, Eduardo Marques, Baêta, Karla Freire, Malta, Juliane Maria Alves Siqueira, Alves, Ana Julia Silva e
• Format: preprint
• Language: por
• Source: SciELO Preprints
• Download full: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/1166
• topic: Profissional de Saúde; Infecções por Coronavírus; Perfil de Saúde; Epidemiologia Descritiva; Health Personnel; Coronavirus Infections; Health Profile; Epidemiology Descriptive

Objective. Describing the COVID-19 hospitalization in health professionals in Brazil. Methods. Serial cases descriptive study; we included the cases with illness between February 21st and April 15th, 2020; registered in Flu Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Gripe, in Brazilian acronym). Results. From the 184 (1.76%) cases, 110 (59.8%) were female, with a median age of 44 years (min-max: 23-85). Of the 184, 89 (48.4%) are nursing professionals and 50 (27.2%) are doctors. Still, 92 (50.0%) presented comorbidity, with heart disease predominating (n = 37; 40.2%). Of the 112 professionals with a record of evolution, 85 (75.9%) were cured and 27 (24.1%) died, 18 (66.7%) of whom were male. Conclusion. The profile descripted is similar to the population’s in age and comorbidities, but different in relation to sex. The most affected areas were nursing and medicine.