Factors associated with COVID-19 in hospitalized Brazilian patients

• Main Authors: Ítalo Lennon Sales de Almeida (Author), Thiago Santos Garces (Author), Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira (Author), Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de Carvalho (Author), Edna Maria Camelo Chaves (Author), George Jó Bezerra Sousa (Author), Maria Lúcia Duarte Pereira (Author), Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari (Author), Lara Lídia Ventura Damasceno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

To estimate the prevalence of confirmed cases of COVID-19 and their associated factors in hospitalized Brazilian patients. The study analyzed 757,657 reported cases between February 26th and October 9th, 2020. The chi-square test and a Poisson multivariate regression model with a robust variance estimator were used to identify the prevalence and confidence intervals, considering p<0.05 as significant. COVID-19 diagnosis increased by 0.34% with increasing age and was 5% lower in male patients. The diagnosis increased with increasing education, and the disease was 17% more frequent among participants with higher education.Nosological characteristics were associated with the diagnosis, increasing by 32% in patients with anosmia, 28% among those with fever, 26% in obese patients, 14% in patients with diabetes, 5% in patients with heart disease, and 2.7% in those with oxygen saturation below 95%. A high prevalence of COVID-19 cases and a statistical association with clinical and sociodemographic variables were detected.

Item Description

10.4025/actascihealthsci.v45i1.61953
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