Table 4.
Symptoms and professional isolation due to COVID-19 among dental hygienists.
| Questions | Public n (%) |
Private n (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Have you had symptoms compatible with the COVID-19 infection during the month of February, March, or April? | |||
| Cough | 12 (1.5) | 21 (2.7) | 0.053 |
| Fever (>37.5 °C) | 6 (0.8) | 18 (2.3) | 0.859 |
| Vomiting | 0 | 2 (0.2) | >0.05 |
| Diarrhea | 13 (1.7) | 26 (3.3) | 0.094 |
| Sore throat | 14 (1.8) | 52 (6.7) | >0.05 |
| Headache | 22 (2.8) | 66 (8.5) | 0.458 |
| Muscle pain | 13 (1.7) | 34 (4.4) | 0.369 |
| Unexplained tiredness | 12 (1.6) | 33 (4.2) | 0.484 |
| Shortness of breath | 5 (0.6) | 9 (1.2) | >0.05 |
| Loss of taste and smell | 8 (1.0) | 16 (2.1) | 0.232 |
| Difficulty breathing | 1 (0.1) | 1(0.1) | >0.05 |
| No symptoms | 75 (9.7) | 317 (40.8) | <0.05 * |
| >0.05 * | |||
| If you have had symptoms, please indicate the duration | |||
| 1–3 days | 7 (5.7) | 34 (27.87) | 0.093 |
| 4–7 days | 10 (8.2) | 17 (13.9) | >0.05 |
| 8–13 days | 9 (7.4) | 22 (18.0) | >0.05 |
| >14 days | 8 (6.6) | 15 (12.3) | 0.574 |
| >0.05 * | |||
| Have you been in solitary isolation for two weeks due to COVID-19? | |||
| Yes, because of a confirmed case | 6 (1.2) | 7 (1.3) | <0.05 ** |
| Yes, because of a suspected case | 7 (1.3) | 24 (4.6) | >0.05 |
| Yes, because of close contact | 7 (1.3) | 1 (0.2) | <0.05 ** |
| I have not been in solitary isolation | 91 (17.6) | 374 (72.34) | <0.05 * |
| <0.05 ** | |||
| Have you ever taken any SARS Cov-2 test? | |||
| Not, I do not want do it | 5 (1) | 119 (23.1) | <0.05 * |
| No, but I am waiting to do it | 19 (3.7) | 182 (35.2) | <0.05 * |
| Yes, positive PCR | 5 (1) | 0 | <0.05 ** |
| Yes, negative PCR | 39 (7.5) | 45 (8.7) | <0.05 * |
| Yes, positive quick test | 1 (0.2) | 4(0.7) | <0.05 ** |
| Yes, negative quick test | 42(8.1) | 56 (10.8) | <0.05 * |
| <0.05 ** | |||
Note: * X2 Pearson test; ** Fisher test.