Open AccessAssociation of Homelessness with COVID-19 Positivity among Individuals Visiting a Testing Centre: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Tara Kiran,
Amy Craig-Neil,
Paul Das,
Joel Lockwood,
Ri Wang,
Nikki Nathanielsz,
Esther Rosenthal,
Stephen W. Hwang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1715-6580
pISSN - 1715-6572
DOI - 10.12927/hcpol.2022.26730
Subject(s) - confidence interval , covid-19 , odds ratio , cross sectional study , medicine , demography , odds , test (biology) , association (psychology) , logistic regression , psychology , virology , sociology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist , biology , paleontology
Among those visiting a testing centre in Toronto, ON, between March and April 2020, people experiencing homelessness (n = 214) were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared with those not experiencing homelessness (n = 1,836) even after adjustment for age, sex and medical co-morbidity (15.4% vs. 6.7%, p < 0.001; odds ratio [OR] 2.41, 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.51, 3.76], p < 0.001).