Risk Factor Associated Severity Disease and Hospitalized in COVID-19 Patients
Lisa Anggriani Susanto *
Naibonat Regional Hospital, Naibonat, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Dogi Gokma Asina Girsang
Naibonat Regional Hospital, Naibonat, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Abstract
Background: In December 2019, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) occurred in Wuhan City of Hubei Province of China, a worldwide pandemic. To describe clinical characteristics and length of stay of COVID-19 patients.
Methodology: This was observational analytic using medical record data. Study participants were adults (age ³ 18 years) with a positive results on real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the presence of SARS-CoV-2. All confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Naibonat Regional General Hospital in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia between 2020 June and 2021 May were included the analysis. We excluded COVID-19 patients death were still hospitalized.
Results: In this study, a total of 38 participants are analyzed. we found that significant association statistically of length of stay patients (p value <0.05) are age (p=0.003), cough symptom (p=0.017).
Conclusion: In Conclusion, this study has shown that age and cough associated with length of stay.
Keywords: COVID-19, observational analytic, comorbid, risk factor