Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Hospital Practices and Research 2476-390X 6 4 2021 12 01 Symptomatology, Positivity, and Type of Care Received by Healthcare Workers Tested for COVID-19 Infection in a North-Central State in Nigeria: A Retrospective Study 129 136 138565 10.34172/hpr.2021.25 EN Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria 0000-0003-0827-6442 Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika Afolabi Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria Oladayo David Awoyale Department of Public Health, Kwara State Ministry of Health, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria 0000-0002-3315-1409 Oluwatosin Enoch Fakayode Department of Public Health, Kwara State Ministry of Health, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria 0000-0002-7001-7508 Journal Article 2021 06 30 <strong>Background: </strong>The health of healthcare workers (HCWs) is an indicator of the quality of health service provision during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br /><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to describe the symptomatology and positivity of COVID-19 infection and the type of COVID-19 care received among HCWs in a North-Central State in Nigeria.<br /><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective review of HCWs tested for COVID-19 as retrieved from the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management System between April 2020 and March 2021 in Kwara State, Nigeria.<br /><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 1453 HCWs, 831 (57.2%) were above 35 years and, 874 (60.2%) were females. Among the 259 HCWs who tested positive for COVID-19, 122 (23.8%) lived in urban areas (χ2 = 13.94, <em>P </em>≤ 0.001). Also, 83 (30.7%) of symptomatic persons tested positive for COVID-19 (χ 2 = 37.766, <em>P </em>≤ 0.001). Overall, 33 (12.7%) of the 259 positive HCWs received hospital-based COVID-19 care, and 33 (16.1%) who had less than 2 symptoms received hospital-based COVID-19 care (χ2 = 9.962, <em>P </em>= 0.002). HCWs who had cough had three times odds of testing positive for COVID-19 (OR = 3.299, 95% CI = 1.571–6.927, <em>P </em>= 0.002). Also, HCWs who manifested loss of taste had three times odds of testing positive for COVID-19 (OR = 3.392, 95% CI = 1.010–11.393, <em>P </em>= 0.048).<br /><strong>Conclusion: </strong>COVID-19 testing should be encouraged among HCWs, especially those with cough symptoms and loss of taste. https://www.jhpr.ir/article_138565_5f340a60029380d37a1e8a6bfa5c1f28.pdf