To explore the patterns, trends, nature, and extent of changes in sickness absence among health care workers (HCWs) at the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar-during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years and uncover the main associated factors. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all sick leaves’ records of PHCC HCWs regardless of their profession from January 2019 till August 2021. A total of 41,132 sick leaves were taken during the studied period. The majority of HCWs who availed sick leaves were between 30–39 years (45.9%), females (65.1%), and expatriates (65.1%). Compared with pre-COVID-19 (Jan 2019-Feb 2020), Wave 1 of COVID-19 had significantly less incidence of sick leaves per day per 1000 HCWs. While wave 2 had significantly higher incidence of sick leaves compared to both pre-COVID-19 and wave 1. The number of sick leaves per person among female HCWs was significantly higher than that of male HCWs. Moreover, the number of sick leaves per person among locals were about two times the number among expatriate HCWs. Physicians and nurses had significantly lower number of sick leave per person compared to other professions. The rates of sick leaves due to suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection, back/neck pain and gastroenteritis were significantly higher in the second wave compared to the first wave of COVID-19. Overall and cause specific sick leave rates among HCWs varied significantly across different periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 related sick leave rate was higher during the second wave compared to first one. By addressing the root causes of sick leaves, it is possible to reduce the burden on HCWs and ensure their continued ability to provide essential care to those in need.

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在 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间，卡塔尔初级卫生保健工作者因病缺勤

探索 COVID-19 大流行期间卡塔尔初级卫生保健公司 (PHCC) 卫生保健工作者 (HCW) 病假缺勤的模式、趋势、性质和程度与往年相比的变化，并揭示主要相关因素因素。我们对 2019 年 1 月至 2021 年 8 月 PHCC HCW 的所有病假记录进行了回顾性分析，无论其职业如何。在研究期间总共请了 41,132 份病假。大多数请病假的医护人员年龄在 30-39 岁之间 (45.9%)，女性 (65.1%) 和外籍人士 (65.1%)。与 COVID-19 之前（2019 年 1 月至 2020 年 2 月）相比，COVID-19 的第 1 波每 1000 名医护人员每天的病假发生率显着降低。与 COVID-19 之前和第一波相比，第二波的病假发生率明显更高。女性医护人员人均病假数明显高于男性医护人员。此外，当地人每人请病假的数量大约是外籍医护人员的两倍。与其他职业相比，医生和护士的人均病假天数明显较低。与第一波 COVID-19 相比，第二波因疑似或确诊感染 COVID-19、背部/颈部疼痛和肠胃炎而导致的病假率明显更高。在 COVID-19 大流行的不同时期，居家护理工作者的总体病假率和具体病假率差异很大。与第一波相比，第二波与 COVID-19 相关的病假率更高。通过解决病叶的根本原因，