RT Journal Article
T1 [Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections in family physicians: A case-control study].
T2 Características clínico-epidemiológicas de la infección por el virus SARS-CoV-2 en médicos de familia: un estudio de casos y controles.
A1 Párraga Martínez, Ignacio
A1 Pérula de Torres, Luis Angel
A1 González Lama, Jesús
A1 Jiménez García, Celia
A1 Sánchez Montero, Rosa
A1 Rider Garrido, Faustino
A1 en representación del Grupo EPICOVID, 
K1 COVID-19
K1 Comorbidity
K1 Comorbilidad
K1 Coronavirus infections
K1 Evaluación de síntoma
K1 Family physicians
K1 Médicos de familia
K1 Symptom assessment
AB To identify the sociodemographic, clinical and epidemiological characteristics associated with the presence of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in family physicians who carry out their work in Primary Care (PC) or in Hospital Emergencies. Observational analytical case-control study. SITE: Primary care. 969 Primare Care Physicians, Hospital Emergency physicians and other extrahospitalry centers that had PCR for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2. Of these, 133 participated as cases (PCR positive) and 836 as controls (PCR negative). No. Sociodemographic and work, contact with a COVID-19 patient, symptoms present during the process, first manifested symptom, previous chronic pathologies, and tobacco use. 13.7% (95% CI: 11.6-16.0) were cases infected with SARS-CoV-2. The most frequently declared symptoms by those infected were a feeling of fatigue/tiredness (69.2%; 95% CI: 60.9-77.4%), cough (56.4%; 95% CI: 47.6-65.2%) and headache (55.6%; 95% CI: 46.8-64.4%).Using logistic regression, the variables independently associated with SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in Family Physicians were: previous contact with a COVID-19 patient (OR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.2-4.2), present fatigue / tiredness (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.2-3.9), smell alteration (4.6; 95% CI: 1.7-12.5), taste alteration (OR: 32.0; 95% CI: 9.6-106.8), cough (OR: 3.0; 95% CI: 1.7-5.3) and fever (OR: 6.1; 95% CI: 3.2-11.4). Symptoms independently related to SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in Family Physicians were fatigue, fever, cough, and altered taste and smell. The presence of these symptoms could facilitate the diagnosis of suspected COVID-19 disease and the earlier selection of those that require confirmatory tests.
YR 2020
FD 2020-12-17
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17189
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17189
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DS RISalud
RD May 11, 2025