COVID-19 prevalence among healthcare workers. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tafadzwa Dzinamarira; Grant Murewanhema; Malizgani Mhango; Patrick Gad Iradukunda; Itai Chitungo; Moreblessing Mashora; Pelagia Makanda; James Atwine; Munashe Chimene; Elliot Mbunge; Munyaradzi Paul Mapingure; Innocent Chingombe; Godfrey Musuka; Sphamandla Josias Nkambule; Bernard Ngara

doi:10.3390/ijerph19010146

COVID-19 prevalence among healthcare workers. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Grant Murewanhema, Malizgani Mhango, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Itai Chitungo, Moreblessing Mashora, Pelagia Makanda, James Atwine, Munashe Chimene, Elliot Mbunge, Munyaradzi Paul Mapingure, Innocent Chingombe, Godfrey Musuka, Sphamandla Josias Nkambule, Bernard Ngara

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Abstract

Understanding the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers is a critical component to inform occupational health policy and strategy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to map and analayse the available global evidence on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers. The random-effects adjusted pooled prevalence of COVID-19 among those studies that conducted the test using the antibody (Ab) method was 7% [95% CI: 3 to 17%]. The random-effects adjusted pooled prevalence of COVID-19 among those studies that conducted the test using the PCR method was 11% [95% CI: 7 to 16%]. We found the burden of COVID-19 among healthcare workers to be quite significant and therefore a cause for global health concern. Furthermore, COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers affect service delivery through workers’ sick leave, the isolation of confirmed cases and quarantine of contacts, all of which place significant strain on an already shrunken health workforce.

Original language	English
Article number	146
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010146
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19
Healthcare worker
Meta-analysis
SARS-CoV-2
Systematic review

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Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Dzinamarira, T., Murewanhema, G., Mhango, M., Iradukunda, P. G., Chitungo, I., Mashora, M., Makanda, P., Atwine, J., Chimene, M., Mbunge, E., Mapingure, M. P., Chingombe, I., Musuka, G., Nkambule, S. J., & Ngara, B. (2022). COVID-19 prevalence among healthcare workers. A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), Article 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010146

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