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Original Article
Volume 15, Number 4, April 2023, pages 233-238
Impelling Factors for Contracting COVID-19 Among Surgical Professionals During the Pandemic: A Multinational Cohort Study
Tables
| Variables | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| GI: gastrointestinal. | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 415 (79.8) |
| Female | 105 (20.2) |
| Age | |
| < 35 | 183 (35.2) |
| 35 - 50 | 275 (52.9) |
| > 50 | 62 (11.9) |
| Role | |
| Consultant/equivalent | 298 (57.3) |
| Senior trainee/equivalent | 170 (32.7) |
| Junior trainee/equivalent | 37 (7.1) |
| Allied health professional | 12 (2.3) |
| Scope of practice | |
| Public sector | 329 (63.3) |
| Private sector | 74 (14.2) |
| Both | 117 (22.5) |
| Subspecialty | |
| General/upper GI/lower GI surgery | 439 (84.4) |
| Trauma and orthopedics | 14 (2.7) |
| Breast surgery | 13 (2.5) |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 7 (1.3) |
| Others | 47 (9.03) |
| COVID-19 status | Vaccination status |
|---|---|
| Asymptotic significance (two-sided) “P” for Pearson Chi-square P < 0.001. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019. | |
| Negative | Negative: 88/131 (67.2%); Single dose: 137/188 (72.9%); Double dose: 148/189 (78.3%) |
| Positive | Negative: 42/131 (32.1%); Single dose: 48/188 (25.5%); Double dose: 39/189 (20.6%) |
| Parameters | OR | 95% CI | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| *P < 0.05. CI: confidence interval; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; OR: odds ratio; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. | |||
| Professional role | |||
| Consultant | 0.34 | 0.27 - 4.38 | 0.409 |
| Non-consultant | 0.58 | 0.04 - 7.46 | 0.675 |
| Scope of practice | |||
| Public sector (ref.) | |||
| Both private and public | 1.12 | 0.71 - 2.0 | 0.494 |
| Private sector | 0.33 | 0.14 - 0.77 | 0.011* |
| Redeployment outside the scope of work | |||
| Yes (ref.) | |||
| No | 1.09 | 0.47 - 1.09 | 0.116 |
| Asked to self-isolate or shield without COVID-19 diagnosis | |||
| Yes (ref.) | |||
| No | 0.48 | 0.32 - 0.73 | 0.001* |
| Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 | |||
| No (ref.) | |||
| One dose | 0.74 | 0.44 - 1.25 | 0.256 |
| Two doses | 0.55 | 0.32 - 0.95 | 0.031* |