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. 2021 Jul 2;96(9):2312–2322. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.06.019

Table 1.

Cohort Characteristics Stratified by HCP Rolea,b

Characteristic Total cohort Nurse/MA/therapist Other HCP not involved in direct patient care Physician/APP Other HCP involved in direct patient care Medial/ nursing trainee Pharmacy
Symptomatic HCP 7015 2968 1739 910 862 361 175
 Test positive for SARS-CoV-2 624 (8.9) 252 (8.5) 195 (11.2) 36 (4.0) 86 (10.0) 33 (9.1) 22 (12.6)
Work location
 Inpatient 3120 (44.5) 1708 (57.6) 364 (20.9) 367 (40.3) 349 (40.5) 261 (72.3) 71 (40.6)
 Ambulatory 3196 (45.6) 1129 (38.0) 981 (56.4) 447 (49.1) 458 (53.1) 89 (24.7) 92 (53.1)
 Home 511 (7.3) 58 (2.0) 349 (20.1) 36 (4.0) 49 (5.7) 8 (2.2) 11 (6.3)
 Affiliated health care facility 188 (2.7) 73 (2.5) 45 (2.6) 60 (6.6) 6 (0.7) 3 (0.8) 1 (0.6)
Reported contacts with
 Patient with known COVID-19 950 (13.5) 506 (17.1) 57 (3.3) 141 (15.5) 154 (17.9) 86 (23.8) 6 (3.4)
 Patient with suspected COVID-19 746 (10.6) 360 (12.1) 64 (3.7) 107 (11.8) 149 (17.3) 59 (16.3) 7 (4.0)
 Patient with respiratory illness 1064 (15.2) 567 (19.1) 69 (4.0) 164 (18.0) 163 (18.9) 91 (25.2) 10 (5.7)
 Nonmasked health care visitor 879 (12.5) 386 (13.0) 134 (7.7) 140 (15.4) 137 (15.9) 71 (19.7) 11 (6.3)
 HCP with known COVID-19 712 (10.2) 350 (11.8) 123 (7.1) 65 (7.1) 113 (13.1) 35 (9.7) 26 (14.9)
 HCP with suspected COVID-19 284 (4.1) 136 (4.6) 57 (3.3) 18 (2.0) 51 (5.9) 14 (3.9) 8 (4.6)
 HCP with respiratory illness 228 (3.3) 105 (3.5) 50 (2.9) 29 (3.2) 29 (3.4) 12 (3.3) 3 (1.7)
 Family/community member with known COVID-19 847 (12.1) 367 (12.4) 256 (14.7) 61 (6.7) 110 (12.8) 33 (9.1) 20 (11.4)
 Family/community member with suspected COVID-19 624 (8.9) 232 (7.8) 165 (9.5) 87 (9.6) 88 (10.2) 30 (8.3) 21 (12.0)
 Family/community member with respiratory illness 747 (10.7) 307 (10.3) 175 (10.1) 141 (15.5) 71 (8.2) 41 (11.4) 12 (6.9)
Contact duration
 Not recalled or applicable 3531 (50.3) 1346 (45.4) 1082 (62.2) 444 (48.8) 404 (46.9) 150 (41.6) 105 (60.0)
 <10 min 704 (10.0) 309 (10.4) 137 (7.9) 93 (10.2) 108 (12.5) 47 (13.0) 10 (5.7)
 10-20 min 345 (4.9) 147 (5.0) 47 (2.7) 65 (7.1) 44 (5.1) 34 (9.4) 8 (4.6)
 >20 min 2435 (34.7) 1166 (39.3) 473 (27.2) 308 (33.9) 306 (35.5) 130 (36.0) 52 (29.7)
Symptoms
 Cough 2926 (41.7) 1189 (40.1) 802 (46.1) 351 (38.6) 373 (43.3) 132 (36.6) 79 (45.1)
 Chills 1445 (20.6) 603 (20.3) 402 (23.1) 149 (16.4) 189 (21.9) 67 (18.6) 35 (20.0)
 Shortness of breath 864 (12.3) 357 (12.0) 280 (16.1) 60 (6.6) 120 (13.9) 22 (6.1) 25 (14.3)
 Chest tightness 1218 (17.4) 511 (17.2) 349 (20.1) 92 (10.1) 193 (22.4) 42 (11.6) 31 (17.7)
 Fever 787 (11.2) 344 (11.6) 227 (13.1) 74 (8.1) 90 (10.4) 30 (8.3) 22 (12.6)
 Anosmia 431 (6.1) 192 (6.5) 113 (6.5) 45 (5.0) 52 (6.0) 20 (5.5) 9 (5.1)
 Ageusia 399 (5.7) 174 (5.9) 113 (6.5) 41 (4.5) 47 (5.5) 15 (4.2) 9 (5.1)
 Pharyngitis 4361 (62.2) 1846 (62.2) 1044 (60.0) 583 (64.1) 545 (63.2) 245 (67.9) 98 (56.0)
 Rhinorrhea 3344 (47.7) 1403 (47.3) 819 (47.1) 474 (52.1) 411 (47.7) 160 (44.3) 77 (44.0)
 Nasal congestion 4115 (58.7) 1775 (59.8) 988 (56.8) 537 (59.0) 505 (58.6) 208 (57.6) 102 (58.3)
 Headache 4265 (60.8) 1885 (63.5) 1076 (61.9) 465 (51.1) 545 (63.2) 197 (54.6) 97 (55.4)
 Fatigue 2026 (28.9) 876 (29.5) 560 (32.2) 198 (21.8) 237 (27.5) 107 (29.6) 48 (27.4)
 Myalgia 1910 (27.2) 791 (26.7) 520 (29.9) 221 (24.3) 243 (28.2) 90 (24.9) 45 (25.7)
 Nausea/vomiting 1172 (16.7) 539 (18.2) 293 (16.9) 102 (11.2) 152 (17.6) 52 (14.4) 34 (19.4)
 Diarrhea 897 (12.8) 381 (12.8) 266 (15.3) 93 (10.2) 103 (12.0) 34 (9.4) 20 (11.4)
a

APP, advanced practice provider; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; HCP, health care personnel; MA, medical assistant; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

b

Values shown are n (%).