THỰC TRẠNG MẮC COVID-19 CỦA NHÂN VIÊN Y TẾ MỘT SỐ CƠ SỞ Y TẾ THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH NĂM 2022

Abstract

Objective: The study is to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers (HCWs) at some health facilities in Ho Chi Minh City in 2022. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire with 458 health workers at 3 hospitals and 2 provincial and district Preventive Medicine centers. Results: The prevalence rate of COVID-19 among healthcare workers at some medical facilities in Ho Chi Minh City in 2022 was 98.5%. 100% of preventive health workers in the study were infected twice, while this rate in the hospitals was 4.5% (p<0.05). The source of infection was mainly from work (41.7%), followed by the community (31.9%) and 10.2% of health workers have unknown source of infection. Health workers participating in anti-epidemic duties had a higher prevalence of COVID-19 compared to those not participating in anti-epidemic duties (99.0% vs. 94.2%, p<0.05). People who worked more than 8 hours a day during the epidemic season had a lower rate of COVID-19 infection than those who worked 8 hours or less (97.2% vs. 99.6%, p<0.05). The study did not find a statistically significant difference between the prevalence of COVID-19 and demographic factors and job characteristics (professional qualifications, years of work, contact history, COVID-19 vaccination and COVID-19 testing). Conclusion: There needs to be intervention measures to prevent COVID-19 for health workers.