Instruct: Identify the main category of Medrxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers at a cancer care centre BackgroundThe services of front-line health care workers (HCWs) have been paramount in the management of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health care professionals have been at high occupational risk of getting disease and even dying of the disease, however; they have been the subject of very limited studies in terms of COVID-19. The objectives of this study are to examine the incidence and the impact of COVID-19 infection among HCWs in terms of recovery, productivity, quality of life (QOL) and post-COVID complications.

Materials and MethodsThis was a retrospective, questionnaire based study including demographic details, workplace characteristics, symptoms, source/ spread of infection, details of recovery and the consequences of COVID-19 comprising impaired productivity/ QOL, post-COVID-19 complications and others. The data were analyzed by using IBM SPSS software (Version 23, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).

Results and ConclusionsOut of a total of 1482 employees, 18.3% (271) were laboratory confirmed to have contracted novel contagion during the study period of 5 months. The median age at diagnosis was 29 (range, 21-62) years. Front-line workers and female workers were the most infected personnel with COVID-19. Flu-like symptoms were the most frequently experienced symptoms. The median time for recovery was 20 (range, 2-150) days. The relationship between pre-existing comorbidities and age was highly significant. The QOL and productivity were associated with pre-existing comorbidities, severity of the disease, time for recovery and post-COVID syndrome. More than a half (51.8%) of all HCWs had suffered from post-COVID complications. There was no fatality reported due to COVID-19. The post-COVID complications were related to pre-existing comorbidities, severity of disease, time for recovery and status of recovery. Further research to explore the consequences of COVID-19 is warranted. The general public needs to be aware of symptoms and management of the post-COVID syndrome.
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The categories of this paper are: pathology
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The categories of this paper are: systems
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The categories of this paper are: nursing
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The categories of this paper are: oral
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The categories of this paper are: palliative
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The categories of this paper are: intensive
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The categories of this paper are: obstetrics
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The categories of this paper are: critical
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The categories of this paper are: environmental
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The categories of this paper are: education
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The categories of this paper are: orthopedics
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The categories of this paper are: medicine
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The categories of this paper are: toxicology
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The categories of this paper are: radiology
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The categories of this paper are: therapeutics
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The categories of this paper are: ophthalmology