TABLE 5: Influence of professional profile on seroconversion in school teachers and employees during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil.
| Professional Profile | Total | Function | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher | Collaborator | |||
| Shift work | ||||
| Morning | 1615 (85.0%) | 738 (83.9%) | 877 (85.9%) | 0.216 |
| Afternoon | 1358 (71.4%) | 541 (61.5%) | 817 (80.0%) | <0.001 |
| Night | 351 (18.5%) | 185 (21.0%) | 166 (16.3%) | 0.008 |
| Number of shifts you work | ||||
| <1 | 2 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | <0.001 |
| 1 | 610 (32.1%) | 359 (40.8%) | 251 (24.6%) | |
| 2 | 1153 (60.7%) | 455 (51.7%) | 698 (68.4%) | |
| 3 | 136 (7.2%) | 65 (7.4%) | 71 (7.0%) | |
| Time spent teaching in the classroom£ | ||||
| Up to 5 years | 199 (23.0%) | 199 (23.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.450 |
| 6-10 years old | 238 (27.5%) | 237 (27.4%) | 1 (100.0%) | |
| 11-20 years old | 247 (28.5%) | 247 (28.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| >20 years | 182 (21.0%) | 182 (21.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Transportation used to go to work | ||||
| Bicycle | 52 (2.7%) | 6 (0.7%) | 46 (4.5%) | <0.001 |
| Hitchhiking with co-workers | 87 (4.6%) | 47 (5.3%) | 40 (3.9%) | |
| Car alone | 873 (45.9%) | 601 (68.3%) | 272 (26.7%) | |
| Motorcycle with co-worker | 26 (1.4%) | 3 (0.3%) | 23 (2.3%) | |
| Motorcycle alone | 101 (5.3%) | 27 (3.1%) | 74 (7.3%) | |
| Collective Transportation | 606 (31.9%) | 123 (14.0%) | 483 (47.4%) | |
| Other | 155 (8.2%) | 73 (8.3%) | 82 (8.0%) | |
| Was removed from classroom activities during quarantine | ||||
| No | 493 (25.9%) | 232 (26.4%) | 261 (25.6%) | 0.701 |
| Yes | 1407 (74.1%) | 648 (73.6%) | 759 (74.4%) | |
| Has health insurance | 1462 (76.9%) | 789 (89.8%) | 673 (65.9%) | <0.001 |
| Works in more than one institution | 245 (12.9%) | 213 (24.2%) | 32 (3.1%) | <0.001 |
Subtitle: *p<0.05, Fisher's exact test or Pearson's chi-square test; £For faculty only.