Burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among nursing professionals in Brazil
| Title: | Burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among nursing professionals in Brazil |
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| Authors: | Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva, Daniel Aragão Machado, Antônio Augusto de Freitas Peregrino, Cristiano Bertolossi Marta, Thiago Quinellato Louro, Carlos Roberto Lyra da Silva |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 74, Iss suppl 1 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Nursing |
| Subject Terms: | Pandemics, COVID-19, Disease Burden, Nursing, Quality of Life, Disability Adjusted Life Years, RT1-120 |
| More Details: | ABSTRACT Objective: Estimate the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among nursing professionals in Brazil. Method: Ecological study using data from the Nursing Observatory. The weight attributed to diseases was based on the Global Disease Burden Study 2017, considering the lower respiratory infection as moderate. Results: 7,201 records were analyzed; and, 190 deaths were recorded. The total number of years of life adjusted for disability was 5,825.35 years, with an average of 2,912.76 (95% CI 2,876.49-2,948.86). The adjusted rate per thousand professionals was 1,475.94 years for men and 674.23 years for women. Conclusion SARS-CoV-2 infection in Brazil follows an upward trend in nursing and has a major impact among women, nursing technicians and younger professionals. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian Portuguese |
| ISSN: | 1984-0446 0034-7167 |
| Relation: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000800209&tlng=en; http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000800209&tlng=pt; http://www.scielo.br/pdf/reben/v74s1/0034-7167-reben-74-s1-e20200783.pdf; http://www.scielo.br/pdf/reben/v74s1/pt_0034-7167-reben-74-s1-e20200783.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1984-0446 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0783 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/11dda12495b646b68187f0f224146516 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.11dda12495b646b68187f0f224146516 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 19840446 00347167 |
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| DOI: | 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0783 |
| Published in: | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian Portuguese |