TY - JOUR
T1 - Residential social vulnerability among healthcare personnel with and without severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Five US states, May-December 2020
AU - Zlotorzynska, Maria
AU - Chea, Nora
AU - Eure, Taniece
AU - Alkis Ramirez, Rebecca
AU - Blazek, Gregory T.
AU - Czaja, Christopher A.
AU - Johnston, Helen
AU - Barter, Devra
AU - Kellogg, Melissa
AU - Emanuel, Catherine
AU - Lynfield, Ruth
AU - Fell, Ashley
AU - Lim, Sarah
AU - Lovett, Sara
AU - Phipps, Erin C.
AU - Shrum Davis, Sarah
AU - Sievers, Marla
AU - Dumyati, Ghinwa
AU - Concannon, Cathleen
AU - Myers, Christopher
AU - McCullough, Kathryn
AU - Woods, Amy
AU - Hurley, Christine
AU - Licherdell, Erin
AU - Pierce, Rebecca
AU - Ocampo, Valerie L.S.
AU - Hall, Eric
AU - Magill, Shelley S.
AU - Grigg, Cheri T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2023.
PY - 2024/1/18
Y1 - 2024/1/18
N2 - Objective: To characterize residential social vulnerability among healthcare personnel (HCP) and evaluate its association with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Design: Case-control study. Setting: This study analyzed data collected in May-December 2020 through sentinel and population-based surveillance in healthcare facilities in Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon. Participants: Data from 2,168 HCP (1,571 cases and 597 controls from the same facilities) were analyzed. Methods: HCP residential addresses were linked to the social vulnerability index (SVI) at the census tract level, which represents a ranking of community vulnerability to emergencies based on 15 US Census variables. The primary outcome was SARS-CoV-2 infection, confirmed by positive antigen or real-time reverse-transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on nasopharyngeal swab. Significant differences by SVI in participant characteristics were assessed using the Fisher exact test. Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between case status and SVI, controlling for HCP role and patient care activities, were estimated using logistic regression. Results: Significantly higher proportions of certified nursing assistants (48.0%) and medical assistants (44.1%) resided in high SVI census tracts, compared to registered nurses (15.9%) and physicians (11.6%). HCP cases were more likely than controls to live in high SVI census tracts (aOR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.37-2.26). Conclusions: These findings suggest that residing in more socially vulnerable census tracts may be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among HCP and that residential vulnerability differs by HCP role. Efforts to safeguard the US healthcare workforce and advance health equity should address the social determinants that drive racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities.
AB - Objective: To characterize residential social vulnerability among healthcare personnel (HCP) and evaluate its association with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Design: Case-control study. Setting: This study analyzed data collected in May-December 2020 through sentinel and population-based surveillance in healthcare facilities in Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon. Participants: Data from 2,168 HCP (1,571 cases and 597 controls from the same facilities) were analyzed. Methods: HCP residential addresses were linked to the social vulnerability index (SVI) at the census tract level, which represents a ranking of community vulnerability to emergencies based on 15 US Census variables. The primary outcome was SARS-CoV-2 infection, confirmed by positive antigen or real-time reverse-transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on nasopharyngeal swab. Significant differences by SVI in participant characteristics were assessed using the Fisher exact test. Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between case status and SVI, controlling for HCP role and patient care activities, were estimated using logistic regression. Results: Significantly higher proportions of certified nursing assistants (48.0%) and medical assistants (44.1%) resided in high SVI census tracts, compared to registered nurses (15.9%) and physicians (11.6%). HCP cases were more likely than controls to live in high SVI census tracts (aOR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.37-2.26). Conclusions: These findings suggest that residing in more socially vulnerable census tracts may be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among HCP and that residential vulnerability differs by HCP role. Efforts to safeguard the US healthcare workforce and advance health equity should address the social determinants that drive racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2023.131
DO - 10.1017/ice.2023.131
M3 - Article
C2 - 37462106
AN - SCOPUS:85165685131
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 45
SP - 82
EP - 88
JO - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
JF - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -