Impact of isolating COVID-19 patients in a supervised community facility on transmission reduction among household members
| Autor: | Claudia Gallego, Alba Monclús, Artur Rami, Ana Tobella, Nuria Turmo, Elena Navas, Mercé López, Miguel-Angel Muñoz, Rafael Abós-Herrándiz, Alba Martinez |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Isolation (health care)
infectious disease 01 natural sciences law.invention Disease Outbreaks 03 medical and health sciences primary care 0302 clinical medicine law Environmental health Correspondence Medicine Humans Spirituality AcademicSubjects/MED00860 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics housing Family Characteristics business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Risk of infection 010102 general mathematics quarantine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Odds ratio Overcrowding General Medicine Confidence interval Transmission (mechanics) spiritual care Cohort Original Article business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England) |
| ISSN: | 1741-3850 1741-3842 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdab002 |
| Popis: | Background Isolation of COVID-19 patients has been universally implemented to control transmission of the outbreak. Hotels and other facilities have been adapted to help appropriate isolation be achieved. Our study tested the efficacy of isolating patients in a reconditioned hotel versus isolation in their domiciles to reduce infection transmission. Methods Observational cohort study based on a survey to COVID-19 patients between April and June 2020. One cohort had been isolated in a hotel and the other in their domiciles. Multivariate regression models analyzed the factors related to the occurrence of COVID-19 infection among the household members. Results A total of 229 household members of COVID-19 patients were analyzed, 139 of them belonging to the group of hotel-isolated patients and 90 in the group of domicile-isolated ones. More than half of the household members became infected (53.7%). Higher risk of infection was found in the household members of domicile-isolated patients isolated and in those reporting overcrowding at home, (odds ratio [OR] 1.67, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.89–3.12) and (OR 1.44, 95% CI 0.81; 2.56), respectively. Conclusions The isolation of COVID-19 patients in community-supervised facilities may protect their household members from transmission of the disease. Overcrowded homes may contribute to the transmission of the infection. |
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