Dabhekar Sandeep, Basagoudanavar Shrikrishna, Bidkar Vijay, Prathipati Kirankumar, Sujiv Akkilagunta, Rathod Bharat Sing, Gadwal Deepa
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, IND.
Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, IND.
Cureus. 2022 Feb 13;14(2):e22186. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22186. eCollection 2022 Feb.
Background and objectives People with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have had a wide range of symptoms reported such as fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, a new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting and diarrhea. The severity of disease, mortality, symptoms of COVID-19 showed significant variation in different parts of the world. The purpose of this study was to describe epidemiological characteristics and symptoms of confirmed COVID-19 patients and to identify factors associated with the severity of the disease. Methods This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on hospitalized COVID-19 patients from May 2020 to July 2020. We obtained data on the demographic characteristics, symptoms, and infection severity for 150 patients by pre-tested semi-structured interview. Information was recorded in a Microsoft Excel sheet and exported to SPSS Statistics (Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) for analysis. Results The median age of the patients was 31.5 years, where 42% of the patients were female; 52.7% of patients were symptomatic while 47.3% of patients were asymptomatic. Common symptoms at the time of admission were fever (40.5%), sore throat (36.7%), cough (32.9%), rhinitis (19.0%), and body ache (13.9%). At least one comorbidity was reported in 20.0% of the patients, with the most common comorbidity being hypertension (14.7%). History of contact with known confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the last 14 days was present in 94% of patients. The presence of any coexisting illness was significantly higher among patients with severe disease than among those with non-severe disease (80% vs. 17.9%, p=0.012). Conclusions High proportions of COVID-19 patients were asymptomatic in our study. Fever and cough were the most common symptoms. The presence of any coexisting illness was significantly higher among patients with severe disease than among those with a non-severe disease.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）患者有多种症状报告，如发热或寒战、咳嗽、呼吸急促或呼吸困难、疲劳、肌肉或身体疼痛、头痛、新出现的味觉或嗅觉丧失、喉咙痛、鼻塞或流涕、恶心或呕吐以及腹泻。疾病的严重程度、死亡率、COVID-19的症状在世界不同地区存在显著差异。本研究的目的是描述确诊COVID-19患者的流行病学特征和症状，并确定与疾病严重程度相关的因素。
这是一项对2020年5月至2020年7月住院的COVID-19患者进行的横断面描述性研究。我们通过预先测试的半结构化访谈获得了150名患者的人口统计学特征、症状和感染严重程度的数据。信息记录在Microsoft Excel工作表中，并导出到SPSS Statistics（纽约州阿蒙克：IBM公司）进行分析。
患者的中位年龄为31.5岁，其中42%为女性；52.7%的患者有症状，47.3%的患者无症状。入院时的常见症状为发热（40.5%）、喉咙痛（36.7%）、咳嗽（32.9%）、鼻炎（19.0%）和身体疼痛（13.9%）。20.0%的患者报告至少有一种合并症，最常见的合并症是高血压（14.7%）。94%的患者在过去14天内有与已知确诊COVID-19病例接触的史。重症患者中任何并存疾病的发生率显著高于非重症患者（80%对17.9%，p = 0.012）。
在我们的研究中，高比例的COVID-19患者无症状。发热和咳嗽是最常见的症状。重症患者中任何并存疾病的发生率显著高于非重症患者。
