Prevalence of COVID-19 and Long COVID by Industry and Occupation: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Silver, Sharon R. ; Li, Jia ; Ford, Nicole D. ; Shi, Dallas ; Saydah, Sharon H.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Workers in healthcare and other essential occupations had elevated risks for COVID-19 early in the pandemic. No survey of U.S. workers to date has comprehensively assessed the prevalence of both COVID-19 and Long COVID across industries and occupations (I&O) at a detailed level.
  
  Methods
  
  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data for 2022 from 39 states, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands were used to estimate prevalences of self-reported history of COVID-19 and Long COVID, as well as the prevalence of Long COVID among those reporting prior COVID-19 by broad and detailed I&O. Adjusted prevalence ratios were used to compare outcome prevalences in each I&O to prevalences among all other workers combined.
  
  Results
  
  By broad I&O, workers in healthcare, protective services, and education had elevated prevalences of COVID-19. The prevalence of Long COVID was elevated in healthcare and protective service but not education workers. Detailed I&O with significantly elevated prevalences of COVID-19 but not Long COVID included the Dairy Product Manufacturing industry workers and subsets of mining workers. Both COVID-19 and Long COVID were elevated among bartenders/drinking places and personal care and appearance workers. The prevalence of Long COVID was elevated among farmworkers reporting having had COVID-19.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Industries and occupations with elevated levels of COVID-19 or Long COVID in this study may warrant increased measures to prevent transmission of airborne respiratory viruses. While accommodations are a key component for supporting workers in all workplaces, this new information about the distribution of Long COVID by I&O suggests employer understanding and implementation of tailored workplace supports and accommodations are most needed to support continued employment of affected workers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System COVID-19 Female Guam Humans Industry Male Middle Aged Occupations Prevalence SARS-CoV-2 United States Young Adult

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 68(1):26-52
• Pubmed ID:
  39392098
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11649465
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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