Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jordan: A cross-sectional study in the prevaccination period.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.3855/jidc.19980

Ahmad Ali Qaied Al-Mharmah, Emrah Ruh, Ozgur Tosun, Waleed Mahmoud Husein Almomani

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Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Jordan during the prevaccination period.

Methodology: Between December 2020 and February 2021, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs of 2,460 participants were tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). To assess the risk factors, a questionnaire was applied during sample collection.

Results: Of the participants, 1,463 (59.5%) individuals were found positive for SARS-CoV-2. In multivariate analysis, male gender, younger age, lower educational level, being single, middle and higher socioeconomic status, having symptoms, presence of underlying conditions and smoking were significantly associated with SARS-CoV-2 positivity. On the contrary, washing hands routinely with soap and water, and use of alcohol-based disinfectants significantly reduced possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Conclusions: The study findings showed that determination of risk factors is of great importance to maintain disease monitoring, prevention and control, particularly in settings with high infection rates.

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约旦感染 SARS-CoV-2 的风险因素：疫苗接种前的横断面研究。

引言本研究旨在确定接种疫苗前约旦严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2（SARS-CoV-2）感染的流行率和风险因素：2020年12月至2021年2月期间，对2460名参与者的鼻咽和口咽拭子进行了反转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）检测。为评估风险因素，在样本采集过程中进行了问卷调查：结果：在参与者中，1 463 人（59.5%）对 SARS-CoV-2 呈阳性。在多变量分析中，性别为男性、年龄较小、受教育程度较低、单身、社会经济地位中等和较高、有症状、有潜在疾病和吸烟与 SARS-CoV-2 阳性显著相关。相反，经常用肥皂和水洗手以及使用含酒精的消毒剂则大大降低了感染 SARS-CoV-2 的可能性：研究结果表明，确定风险因素对于保持疾病监测、预防和控制非常重要，尤其是在感染率较高的环境中。

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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries INFECTIOUS DISEASES-

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

5.30%

发文量

239

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (JIDC) is an international journal, intended for the publication of scientific articles from Developing Countries by scientists from Developing Countries. JIDC is an independent, on-line publication with an international editorial board. JIDC is open access with no cost to view or download articles and reasonable cost for publication of research artcles, making JIDC easily availiable to scientists from resource restricted regions.