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AlBahrani S, AlBarrak A, AlGubaisi N, Alkurdi H, Alburaiki D, AlGhamdi A, AlOthaiqy M, Tayeb S, Tayeb N, Abdraboh S, Khairi A, Alshareef L, AlHarbi A, AlRabeeah S, Alqahtani AS, Alqahtani JS, Hakami FH, Al-Maqati TN, Alkhrashi SA, Almershad MM, AlAbbadi A, Hakami MH, Faqihi O, Altawfiq KJA, Jebakumar AZ, Al-Tawfiq JA. Self-reported long COVID-19 symptoms are rare among vaccinated healthcare workers. J Infect Public Health 2023; 16:1276-1280. [PMID: 37315430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected healthcare workers (HCWs). Here, we evaluate the occurence of long-COVID-19 symtoms among HCWs. METHODS This is a questionnaire-based study of HCWs who had COVID-19 in two medical centers in Saudi Arabia and were mostly vaccinated. RESULTS The study included 243 HCWs with a mean age (+ SD) of 36.1 (+ 7.6) years. Of them, 223 (91.8%) had three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 12 (4.9%) had four doses, and 5 (2.1%) had two doses. The most common symptoms at the start of the illness were cough (180, 74.1%), shortness of breath (124, 51%), muscle ache (117, 48.1%), headache (113, 46.5%), sore throat (111, 45.7%), diarrhea (109, 44.9%) and loss of taste (108, 44.4%). Symptoms lasted for< one week in 117 (48.1%),> one week and< 1 month in 89 (36.6%),> 2 months and< 3 months in 9 (3.7%), and> 3 months in 15 (6.2%). The main symptoms present> 3 months were hair loss (8, 3.3%), cough (5, 2.1%), and diarrhea (5, 2.1%). A binomial regression analysis showed no relationship between persistence of symptoms for> 3 months and other demographic or clinical symptoms characteristics. CONCLUSION The study showed a low rate of the occurence of long-COVID> 3 months during the Omicron-wave among mostly vaccinated HCWs with no significant comorbidities. Furhter studies are needed to examine the effect of different vaccines on long-COVID-19 among HCWs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Salma AlBahrani
- Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Infectious disease division, Internal Medicine Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Internal Medicine Department, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Respiratory therapy department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Respiratory therapy department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Respiratory therapy department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Respiratory therapy department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Respiratory care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Respiratory care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Respiratory care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Respiratory therapy department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dharan, Saudi Arabia
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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