Prevalence of Underlying Medical Conditions Among Selected Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 31 States, 2017-2018.

This report presents unadjusted prevalences and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) for selected underlying conditions. Among workers in the home health aide occupation and the nursing home/rehabilitation industry, aPRs were significantly elevated for the largest number of conditions. Extra efforts to minimize exposure risk and prevent and treat underlying conditions are warranted to protect workers whose jobs increase their risk for exposure to SARS-CoV-2. PMID: 32914769 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32914769?dopt=Abstract

Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - September 10, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Silver SR, Li J, Boal WL, Shockey TL, Groenewold MR Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research