Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Ethiopia.
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Ethiopia.
J Int Med Res. 2022 Aug;50(8):3000605221119366. doi: 10.1177/03000605221119366.
This study aimed to assess the time to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and risk factors among confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southern Ethiopia.
This two-center retrospective cohort study involved patients with confirmed COVID-19 from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021. Kaplan-Meier graphs and log-rank tests were used to determine the pattern of COVID-19 severity among categories of variables. Bivariable and multivariable Cox proportional regression models were used to identify the risk factors of severe COVID-19.
Four hundred thirteen patients with COVID-19 with a mean age of 41.9 ± 15.3 years were involved in the study. There were 194 severe cases (46.9.1%), including 77 (39.6%) deaths. The median time from symptom onset to severe COVID-19 was 8 days (interquartile range: 7-12 days). The risk factors for severe COVID-19 were age >65 (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] = 2.65, 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 1.02, 3.72), cough (AHR = 1.59, 95%CI: 1.39, 2.84), chest pain (AHR = 1.47, 95%CI: 1.34, 2.66), headache (AHR = 2.04, 95%CI: 1.43, 2.88), comorbidity (AHR = 1.3, 95%CI: 1.01, 2.04), asthma (AHR = 1.6. 95%CI: 1.04, 2.24), and symptom onset to admission more than 5 days (AHR = 0.48, 95%CI: 0.34, 0.68).
Patients with symptoms and comorbidities should be closely monitored.
本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚南部确诊的 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)病例的严重 COVID-19 发病时间和危险因素。
这是一项在两个中心进行的回顾性队列研究,涉及 2020 年 10 月 1 日至 2021 年 9 月 30 日期间确诊的 COVID-19 患者。使用 Kaplan-Meier 图和对数秩检验来确定不同变量类别中 COVID-19 严重程度的模式。使用单变量和多变量 Cox 比例风险回归模型来确定严重 COVID-19 的危险因素。
本研究纳入了 413 名平均年龄为 41.9±15.3 岁的 COVID-19 患者。其中有 194 例为重症病例(46.9%),包括 77 例(39.6%)死亡。从症状出现到严重 COVID-19 的中位时间为 8 天(四分位距:7-12 天)。严重 COVID-19 的危险因素包括年龄>65 岁(调整后的危险比 [AHR] = 2.65,95%置信区间 [95%CI]:1.02,3.72)、咳嗽(AHR = 1.59,95%CI:1.39,2.84)、胸痛(AHR = 1.47,95%CI:1.34,2.66)、头痛(AHR = 2.04,95%CI:1.43,2.88)、合并症(AHR = 1.3,95%CI:1.01,2.04)、哮喘(AHR = 1.6,95%CI:1.04,2.24)和症状出现至入院时间超过 5 天(AHR = 0.48,95%CI:0.34,0.68)。
应密切监测有症状和合并症的患者。