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DATE: 18/08/2022
TIME: 08:30
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

PREVALENCE, SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE OF DELIVERIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A MEDIUM-SIZED CITY

KEY WORDS:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Health Survey, Occupational Exposure.

PAGES: 116
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

Introduction: The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the
“Coronavirus Disease 2019” (COVID-19), was responsible for the emergence of
a pandemic started in the first months of 2020. During social distancing, a group
that drew attention was that of the delivery men, who during the pandemic
expanded their activities. Its role in maintaining the economy was essential.
Deprived of social guarantees related to the employment relationship, delivery
men add the risks inherent to their mobility to the risks inherent to contamination
by SARS-CoV-2. (AQUINO; PILATE; FELIX, 2020), making them possible
vectors of the disease (ORTIZ-PRADO et al., 2021). Justification: The
motivation of this dissertation was justified by the growing number of positive
cases of COVID-19, the need to monitor the contamination rate among delivery
man and investigate the association of factors that collaborated with the infection
of delivery man by SARS-Cov-2. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of SARS￾CoV-2 infection in delivery man in a medium-sized city, at two different times of
the pandemic, and to associate it with social and occupational risk factors that
make the delivery man more susceptible to SARS-CoV- 2. Methodology: Clinical
samples were collected in two stages to search for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
and SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in the same group of delivery man. Questionnaire
about the social, occupational and preventive profile of COVID-19 was applied
among the delivery man. The variables were measured using the Chi-Square and
Mann-Whitney methods with a significance of 5%. Multiple logistic regression
sought an association of measured factors with the positivity found. Results:
There was an important increase in the total positivity of the second stage of
collections (P=0.06), with a significant increase in the rapid test (p=0.03), when
compared to the results of the first stage of collections. The amount of the
positivity of the two stages resulted in a final prevalence of 15.4% (95% CI
0.0938-0.2322). Among the social characteristics, the level of education showed
the greatest difference, although without significance (p=0.11) and a high number
of delivery man had low education (36% had not completed high school). The
delivery man knowledge about risk groups and symptoms was “High”, but
regarding the forms of contagion during the work routine, it was only “Good”.
Regarding preventive behavior, the group that said they “did not wash their
hands” after going to the bathroom was significant (0.03). In the multiple logistic
regression analysis, the variable “wash your hands after going to the bathroom”
was the only variable that maintained a significant association with the outcome,
so the chance of the delivery person being contaminated by SARS-CoV-2 was
significantly higher among those who said not having the habit of “washing hands
after going to the bathroom”. Conclusion: This work proved to be of high
importance for the class of delivery men, as it went beyond the presentation of
prevalence, involving socioeconomic, behavioral and working conditions
characteristics, agreeing that there is a need for a labor legislation that benefits
the entire class. We concluded that the prevalence among delivery men was high
and that they were potentially exposed to the risk of contamination, contributing
to the dissipation of SARS-CoV-2. Our findings are in agreement with other
prevalences found in studies with delivery people (ORTIZ-PRADO et al., 2021)
and in other studies that evaluated the prevalence of groups that worked in
person during the pandemic.

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