Study of the effects of in‐person attendance at academic conferences on the health of the attendees under COVID‐19 pandemic
Study of the effects of in‐person attendance at academic conferences on the health of the attendees under COVID‐19 pandemic
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COVID-19 大流行期间亲自参加学术会议对与会者健康影响的研究
DOI：
10.1111/jog.15626
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Kimura Tadashi
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作者：
Yahata Hideaki;Kato Kiyoko;Shimokawa Mototsugu;Kawamura Keiko;Shimono Nobuyuki;Kawana Kei;Okamoto Aikou;Aoki Daisuke;Kimura Tadashi
目的根据 Covid-19 病毒感染引起的发烧和咳嗽等症状进行评估，分析在 Covid-19 大流行期间亲自参加学术会议对与会者健康的影响。方法采用问卷调查的方式对日本妇产科学会 (JSOG) 第 74 届年会后 2022 年 8 月 7 日至 8 月 12 日期间的健康状况进行调查，会议于 8 月 5 日至 7 日举行。结果我们的调查收到了 3054 名会员的回复（其中 1566 名会员亲自出席了大会，其中 1488 名会员未亲自出席）； 102 名（6.5%）亲自参加者和 93 名（6.2%）未亲自参加者报告了自己的健康问题。这两组之间没有发现统计学上的显着差异（p = 0.766）。在对影响健康问题存在的因素进行的单变量分析中，年龄 ≥60 岁的与会者的健康问题明显少于 20 多岁的与会者（比值比：0.366 [0.167–0.802；p= 0.0120]）。在多变量分析中，接种四剂疫苗的与会者比接种三剂疫苗的与会者出现的健康问题明显更少（比值比：0.397 [0.229-0.690，p= 0.0010]）。 结论 在大会上采取预防措施以避免感染且疫苗接种率较高的与会者并没有出现与亲自出席大会相关的更多健康问题。
ObjectiveTo analyze the effects of in‐person attendance at an academic conference held during the Covid‐19 pandemic on the health of the attendees, as assessed based on symptoms such as fever and cough attributed to infection with the Covid‐19 virus.MethodsA questionnaire was used to survey the members of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) about their health during the period from August 7 to August 12, 2022, after the 74th Annual Congress of the JSOG, which was held August 5 to 7.ResultsOur survey yielded responses from 3054 members (1566 of whom had attended the congress in person and 1488 of whom had not attended in person); 102 (6.5%) of the in‐person attendees and 93 (6.2%) of the people who did not attend in person reported problems with their health. No statistically significant difference was found between these two groups (p= 0.766). In a univariate analysis of factors affecting the presence of health problems, attendees with age ≥60 years had significantly fewer health problems than attendees who were in their 20s (odds ratio: 0.366 [0.167–0.802;p= 0.0120]). In a multivariate analysis, attendees who had received four vaccine shots had significantly fewer health problems than attendees who had received three shots (odds ratio: 0.397 [0.229–0.690,p= 0.0010]).ConclusionCongress attendees who took precautions at the congress to avoid being infected and who had a high vaccination rate did not develop significantly more health problems associated with in‐person attendance at the congress.