| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
0-163 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Telework Before Illness Onset Among Symptomatic Adults Aged ≥18 Years With and Without COVID-19 in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities - United States, July 2020. |
| T2 |
164-314 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Since March 2020, large-scale efforts to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have continued. |
| T3 |
315-648 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mitigation measures to reduce workplace exposures have included work site policies to support flexible work site options, including telework, whereby employees work remotely without commuting to a central place of work.* Opportunities to telework have varied across industries among U.S. jobs where telework options are feasible (1). |
| T4 |
649-736 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, little is known about the impact of telework on risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. |
| T5 |
737-1040 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A case-control investigation was conducted to compare telework between eligible symptomatic persons who received positive SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results (case-patients, 153) and symptomatic persons with negative test results (control-participants, 161). |
| T6 |
1041-1133 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Eligible participants were identified in outpatient health care facilities during July 2020. |
| T7 |
1134-1426 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Among employed participants who reported on their telework status during the 2 weeks preceding illness onset (248), the percentage who were able to telework on a full- or part-time basis was lower among case-patients (35%; 42 of 120) than among control-participants (53%; 68 of 128) (p<0.01). |
| T8 |
1427-1665 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Case-patients were more likely than were control-participants to have reported going exclusively to an office or school setting (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2-2.7) in the 2 weeks before illness onset. |
| T9 |
1666-1853 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The association was also observed when further restricting to the 175 participants who reported working in a profession outside the critical infrastructure† (aOR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.3-3.6). |
| T10 |
1854-1997 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Providing the option to work from home or telework when possible, is an important consideration for reducing the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. |
| T11 |
1998-2147 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In industries where telework options are not available, worker safety measures should continue to be scaled up to reduce possible worksite exposures. |
