Relationship between Telework Experience and Presenteeism during COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, March-November 2020

Persons with COVID-19-like illnesses are advised to stay home to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. We assessed relationships between telework experience and COVID-19 illness with work attendance when ill. Adults experiencing fever, cough, or loss of taste or smell who sought healthcare or COVID-19 testing in the United States during March-November 2020 were enrolled. Adults with telework experience before illness were more likely to work at all (onsite or remotely) during illness (87.8%) than those with no telework experience (49.9%) (adjusted odds ratio 5.48, 95% CI 3.40-8.83). COVID-19 case-patients were less likely to work onsite (22.1%) than were persons with other acute respiratory illnesses (37.3%) (adjusted odds ratio 0.36, 95% CI 0.24-0.53). Among COVID-19 case-patients with telework experience, only 6.5% worked onsite during illness. Telework experience before illness gave mildly ill workers the option to work and improved compliance with public health recommendations to stay home during illness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 29(2023), 2 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 278-285

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shafer, Livvy [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Faruque [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Wernli, Karen J [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Michael L [VerfasserIn]
Nowalk, Mary Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Bear, Todd [VerfasserIn]
Zimmerman, Richard K [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Emily T [VerfasserIn]
Monto, Arnold S [VerfasserIn]
Gaglani, Manjusha [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Jessie R [VerfasserIn]
Flannery, Brendan [VerfasserIn]
Uzicanin, Amra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus disease
Journal Article
Pandemic
Presenteeism
Productivity
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Respiratory infections
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Telework
United States
Viruses
Zoonoses

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Date Completed 24.01.2023

Date Revised 21.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2902.221014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351106006