ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Absenteeism of Healthcare Personnel in the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Implications for the Post-Pandemic Seasons.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Differential Odds of COVID-19 Infection Associated With Household and Workplace Exposures in US Health Care Personnel.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: risk factors, sources of infection, and sickness absenteeism.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Determinants of vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in an international multicenter study within the EuCARE project.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Levels in a Cohort of Health Care Workers Before and After the Omicron Wave in Canada.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Musculoskeletal Disorder-Related Absenteeism Among Pediatric Healthcare Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Absences Due to Respiratory Infections, Including COVID-19, Among Medical Staff in a Regional Pediatric Hospital.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between social activities and risk of COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare personnel.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- Factors related to sickness absenteeism among Brazilian Nursing professionals before, during, and after the pandemic.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Challenges and strategies for maintaining nutrition services in the Democratic Republic of Congo during COVID-19: a qualitative study.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
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- Singapore's COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Programme: Strategies and Insights From a Pandemic Year.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Healthcare Workers: A Longitudinal Study in North-Eastern Italy.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2024Article
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- Cut them some slack: Examining the effects of slack resources on the hospital workforce.Health care management reviewArticle
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This systematic review aimed to assess COVID-19-associated absenteeism among healthcare personnel (HCP). PubMed was searched on 4 February 2023. Inclusion criteria were the presentation of original data on COVID-19-associated absenteeism among HCP. Exclusion criteria were absenteeism associated with burnout, mental health illness, post-COVID syndrome, or child-care. Nineteen articles were identified; fifteen concerned almost exclusively the first pandemic year. Hospitals accounted for most data. There was heterogeneity across studies in terms of presentation of absenteeism data. Before COVID-19 vaccines became available, COVID-19 was a major driver of HCP absenteeism with excess costs, while the mean duration of absenteeism ranged from 5.82 to 33 days per episode of absence. Determinant factors of absenteeism rates were department of employment, high-risk exposure, age, profession, and work experience of HCP, suspected COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 testing, SARS-CoV-2 positivity, and return-to-work strategy. Two studies demonstrated that COVID-19 vaccination significantly reduced the burden of absenteeism. Routine testing of asymptomatic HCP and use of personal protective equipment also significantly ameliorated absenteeism. In conclusion, COVID-19 has been a major driver of HCP absenteeism. Research is needed to assess how COVID-19 will impact HCP in the next years, considering the new SARS-CoV-2 variants, the co-circulation of other respiratory viruses, and the newer COVID-19 vaccines. Networks are needed to survey morbidity and absenteeism among HCP in real-time and guide vaccination policies.
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