Description
BACKGROUND
COVID-19 is a current global pandemic caused by the newly discovered novel
SARS-COV-2. According to studies in comparison to those who have recovered,
patients who have died thus far were older, more likely to be male, and to have a
comorbidity such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or lung disease thus necessitating the assessment of risk variables in various demographic groups or contexts.
AIMS:
● To estimate the proportion of different outcomes such as recovery, hospitalization,
and mortality among home isolated covid-19 patients
● To estimate the proportion and to determine various risk factors associated with
COVID-19 adverse outcome
METHODOLOGY: The study was carried out in Shimoga Institute of Medical
Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka.
STUDY DESIGN: Longitudinal Retrospective study.
STUDY POPULATION: Home isolated COVID-19 patients
INCLUSION CRITERIA: All COVID-19 patients registered in triage of Mcgann hospital, during April 20th-June 20th 2021.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA: People who did not consent, or were suffering from mental illnesses, or did not respond or patients whose contact details were not available.
METHOD: Data was collected by telephonic Interview
STUDY PERIOD: April 20th-June 20th, 2021.
SAMPLE SIZE: 168
SAMPLING: All the patients who reported in Mcgann triage during April
20th-June 20th, 2021. The basic information and phone numbers of all the
patients were collected from the triage
RESULTS: A total of 168 people participated in this study, with 93 men (55.3%) and
75 women (44.7%). More than 90% of patients in the Home Isolated Covid 19
patients recovered, 10.75% required hospitalisation, and 3% died. One third of the patients (37%) had one or more comorbidities.
CONCLUSION: Our systematic overview of the results to determine the relationship
between COVID-19 infection, and outcomes such as hospitalisation, death, and recovery shows that older age, male gender and comorbidities have higher hospitalisation rates. Comorbidities and older age were associated with a higher risk of death in hospitalised patients. Even though recovery rate is very high, a significant (10.75%) home isolated patients need hospital admission in the disease course. So, the proper monitoring of home isolated patients can save the lives of many COVID-19 patients.
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