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- Title
Relationship between Telework Experience and Presenteeism during COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, March-November 2020.
- Authors
Shafer, Livvy; Ahmed, Faruque; Kim, Sara; Wernli, Karen J.; Jackson, Michael L.; Nowalk, Mary Patricia; Bear, Todd; Zimmerman, Richard K.; Martin, Emily T.; Monto, Arnold S.; Gaglani, Manjusha; Reis, Michael; Chung, Jessie R.; Flannery, Brendan; Uzicanin, Amra
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COVID-19 pandemic; TELECOMMUTING; TASTE disorders; PRESENTEEISM (Labor); COUGH; ACUTE diseases; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 2, p278
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2902.221014