Predictors of self-reported symptoms and testing for COVID-19 in Canada using a nationally representative survey

Autor: Daphne C Wu, Prabhat Jha, Teresa Lam, Patrick Brown, Hellen Gelband, Nico Nagelkerke, H Chaim Birnboim, Angus Reid, Action to Beat Coronavirus in Canada/Action pour Battre le Coronavirus (Ab-C) Study Group
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
RNA viruses
Male
Viral Diseases
Coronaviruses
Ethnic group
Disease
Surveys
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Geographical locations
Medical Conditions
Elderly
COVID-19 Testing
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
Medicine and Health Sciences
Prevalence
Ethnicities
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Pathology and laboratory medicine
Virus Testing
Family Characteristics
Multidisciplinary
Quebec
Medical microbiology
Middle Aged
3. Good health
Infectious Diseases
Research Design
Viruses
Female
SARS CoV 2
Pathogens
Coronavirus Infections
Research Article
Adult
Canada
SARS coronavirus
Adolescent
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Science
Pneumonia
Viral
Research and Analysis Methods
Microbiology
Indigenous
Betacoronavirus
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Diagnostic Medicine
Adults
Humans
Pandemics
Aged
Survey Research
Biology and life sciences
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Dry cough
Organisms
Viral pathogens
COVID-19
Covid 19
Health Surveys
Microbial pathogens
Age Groups
People and Places
North America
Population Groupings
Self Report
business
Demography
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 10, p e0240778 (2020)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Random population-based surveys to estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV2 infection causing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are useful to understand distributions and predictors of the infection. In April 2020, the first-ever nationally representative survey in Canada polled 4,240 adults age 18 years and older about self-reported COVID experience in March, early in the epidemic. We examined the levels and predictors of COVID symptoms, defined as fever plus difficulty breathing/shortness of breath, dry cough so severe that it disrupts sleep, and/or loss of sense of smell; and testing for SARS-CoV-2 by respondents and/or household members. About 8% of Canadians reported that they and/or one or more household members experienced COVID symptoms. Symptoms were more common in younger than in older adults, and among visible minorities. Overall, only 3% of respondents and/or household members reported testing for SARS-CoV-2. Being tested was associated with having COVID symptoms, Indigenous identity, and living in Quebec. Periodic nationally representative surveys of symptoms, as well as SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, are required in many countries to understand the pandemic and prepare for the future.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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