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2021, Number 3

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Rev CONAMED 2021; 26 (3)

Morbi-mortality in women and men health workers infected with COVID-19 in Mexico City: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Camacho-Servín BA, Hernández-Lemus E, Martínez-García M

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 116-125
PDF size: 160.76 Kb.


ABSTRACT

This study describes some clinical characteristics and risk factors of women and men, health workers in Mexico City (CDMX), with a confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, between January 1, 2020 and March 3, 2021. The study design was descriptive and cross-sectional. The data were obtained from the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of Mexico. The sample was divided between women and men. Results for continuous variables were reported using median and interquartile ranges. Categorical variables were reported as frequencies and percentages. The results showed that, in just over a year in CDMX, the cases of health workers with confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 were 17,203: 10,751 women and 6,452 men. Among them, 284 cases of mortality were reported, 86 female and 198 male. The symptoms most commonly reported in women and men respectively, were headache (77 and 72.9%), cough (69.2 and 69.7%), and fever (47.7 and 58.4%). The comorbidities that occurred in highest proportion in women and men respectively were obesity (15.2 and 14.2%), hypertension (9.2 and 11.5%), and diabetes (6.3 and 6.9%). On the other hand, smoking was a risk factor with a lower proportion in females than in men (7.1 vs 11.3%). This takes special relevance as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused very high morbidity and mortality in the world and the case of health workers has been no exception. Therefore, one must not only act against this disease to take care of society at large, it is also crucial to ensure that health personnel of both sexes are in optimal conditions to face present and future challenges to public health.


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