Sickness absenteeism among primary health care workers in Qatar before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives: 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.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all sick leaves' records of PHCC HCWs regardless of their profession from January 2019 till August 2021.

Results: A total of 41,132 sick leaves were taken during the studied period.