Study Report

This publication is available at 19-care-homes-study-report/vivald i-1-covid-19-care-homes-study-re port 2/4 I NQ000211984_000224/05/2023, 13:53 Vivaldi 1: COVID-19 care homes study r [...] Care home staff were asked to report on the total number of confirmed cases among staff and residents since the start of the pandemic. [...] The weighted period prevalenceIfootnote 11 of infection in: • residents was 10.5% (95% confidence interval: 9.9% to 11.1%) • staff was 3.8% (95% confidence interval: 3.4 to 4.2%) Based on analysis of test results from the Whole Care Home Testing Programme (of all 9,081 homes tested via pillar 2 between 11 May and 7 June):Ifootnote 2] • 2.4% of all tests were positive (9,674 out of 397,197) • [...] Vivaldi then undertook multivariable analysis to identify characteristics of high-risk care homes, controlling for other factors (below). [...] Conclusions Regular use of `bank' staff (healthcare professionals who do temporary work in different settings as needed) is an important risk factor for infection in residents and staff. [...] Infections in staff are a risk factor for infection in residents and infections in residents are a risk factor for infection in staff. [...] However, the magnitude of this effect suggests staff are more likely to transmit infections to residents than vice versa. Emerging data suggests that the number of new admissions, and return of residents to the care home from hospital, may be important risk factors for infection in residents and staff. [...] This has only been tested in unadjusted analysis due to a high proportion of missing data across these variables. Region is an important risk factor for infection in staff and residents, but its effect is different in staff and residents. This may be due to temporal differences in the timing of testing between staff and residents. [...] The number of confirmed cases reported to the care home since the start of the pandemic as a proportion of the total number of residents or staff in that care home. [...] These figures are not representative and may contain duplicates. However, results for symptomatic staff are not available as they were not tested within the homes. T Back to top OGL All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated © Crown copyjht