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. 2022 May 4;12:7211. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10945-y

Table 5.

Risk factors of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection at month 3 in high-risk healthcare workers, accounting for adherence to personal protective equipment recommendations (after imputation of missing data; N = 916)).

Bivariate analysis Multivariable analysis
OR [95% CI] p value OR [95% CI] p value
Age 0.99 [0.97; 1.01] 0.24 0.99 [0.97; 1.016] 0.51
Women 1.07 [0.70; 1.62] 0.74 0.99 [0.60; 1.65] 0.89
Working in a referent hospital for emerging biological risk 0.97 [0.67; 1.42] 0.80 1.20 [0.77; 1.86] 0.43
Working department 0.0001 0.01
Intensive care unit 1 1
Emergency department 1.93 [1.17; 3.18] 1.86 [1.05; 3.31]
Infectious diseases department 3.10 [1.85; 5.22] 2.38 [1.30; 4.35]
Professional category 0.17 0.25
Physicians 1 1
Medical students 1.80 [0.93; 3.49] 1.76 [0.69; 4.51]
Care assistants 0.82 [0.45; 1.47] 1.21 [0.58; 2.50]
Nurses 1.19 [0.74; 1.92] 1.75 [0.96; 3.18]
Experience in the department ≥ 12 months 0.77 [0.51; 1.16] 0.22 1.26 [0.63; 2.52] 0.55
Experience in the job ≥ 12 months 0.87 [0.48; 1.56] 0.65 0.92 [0.39; 2.18] 0.77
Night shift 0.93 [0.54; 1.61] 0.80 0.93 [0.47; 1.83] 0.83
Public transportation use 1.34 [0.91; 1.99] 0.14 1.28 [0.83; 1.95] 0.27
Active smoker 0.37 [0.21; 0.66] 0.0006 0.36 [0.20; 0.64] 0.0006
Adherence to PPE recommendations over the study perioda
Wear a surgical mask < 4 0.70 [0.29; 1.67] 0.44 0.57 [0.21; 1.57] 0.28
Wear an N95 mask to take nasopharyngeal swabs < 4 1.02 [0.61; 1.71] 0.71 1.02 [0.56; 1.87] 0.71
Wearing an N95 mask to handle a confirmed COVID-19 case < 4 1.58 [0.99; 2.51] 0.06 1.36 [0.78; 2.35] 0.29
If wearing a mask (surgical or FFP2), change every 4 h < 4 1.35 [0.90; 2.04] 0.16 1.32 [0.82; 2.13] 0.26

Data are n (%) for qualitative variables; median [interquartile range] for quantitative variables; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

aCollected at the end of the study on a 5-point Likert scale (0 = never to 5 = systematically), reported as the proportion of HCW rating 4 or 5; PPE: personal protective equipment.