Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh
Background: The unprecedented outbreak of a contagious respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has led to a pandemic since December 2019, claiming millions of lives. Aims and Objectives: The present study was undertaken to estimate the various risk factors associated with COVID, to stud...
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| author | Siva Prasad Reddy Basava Aruna Rani Behera Sangeeta Panigrahy Pradeep Vegi Samatha P Balachandrasekhar P Sai Saileshkumar Goothy |
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| description | Background: The unprecedented outbreak of a contagious respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has led to a pandemic since December 2019, claiming millions of lives.
Aims and Objectives: The present study was undertaken to estimate the various risk factors associated with COVID, to study the common presenting symptoms and prognosis, and to estimate the degree of association between computed tomography (CT) value in reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with mode of disease transmission in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study comprising of 1462 COVID-positive individuals. It is based on structured questionnaire on demographic, socioeconomic and symptoms, and correlation of clinical pattern with CT value in RT-PCR and further prognosis.
Results: Diabetes (6.7%), hypertension (7.5%), and bronchial asthma (8.6%) are the main comorbid conditions. Middle (44.6%) and low socioeconomic status (47.3%) are more susceptible. Male gender (63.5%) is more affected, especially 16–30 years age group (32.4%). Vaccination offers considerable protection from infection. Contact (59.4%) with known case and travel (31%) are main factors that determine disease transmission. Blood group may not play a role in COVID susceptibility. Health care
workers (22.9%) and students (16.2%) are mostly affected.
Conclusion: Bronchial asthma, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus are the predominant risk factors associated with COVID. Transmission of the disease is more by virtue of contact with the infected person than by travel. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfbee5d775934c7289783e4e9fb938c22022-12-22T02:06:45ZengManipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaAsian Journal of Medical Sciences2467-91002091-05762022-08-0113817https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v13i8.43950Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra PradeshSiva Prasad Reddy Basava 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8369-2150Aruna Rani Behera 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-8766Sangeeta Panigrahy 2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-3270Pradeep Vegi 3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-8520Samatha P 4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-8052Balachandrasekhar P 5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1066-4754Sai Saileshkumar Goothy 6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5838-3994Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolupeta, Andhra Pradesh Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolupeta, Andhra Pradesh Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolupeta, Andhra Pradesh Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolupeta, Andhra Pradesh Professor, Department of Microbiology, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolupeta, Andhra Pradesh Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolupeta, Andhra Pradesh Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India Background: The unprecedented outbreak of a contagious respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has led to a pandemic since December 2019, claiming millions of lives. Aims and Objectives: The present study was undertaken to estimate the various risk factors associated with COVID, to study the common presenting symptoms and prognosis, and to estimate the degree of association between computed tomography (CT) value in reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with mode of disease transmission in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study comprising of 1462 COVID-positive individuals. It is based on structured questionnaire on demographic, socioeconomic and symptoms, and correlation of clinical pattern with CT value in RT-PCR and further prognosis. Results: Diabetes (6.7%), hypertension (7.5%), and bronchial asthma (8.6%) are the main comorbid conditions. Middle (44.6%) and low socioeconomic status (47.3%) are more susceptible. Male gender (63.5%) is more affected, especially 16–30 years age group (32.4%). Vaccination offers considerable protection from infection. Contact (59.4%) with known case and travel (31%) are main factors that determine disease transmission. Blood group may not play a role in COVID susceptibility. Health care workers (22.9%) and students (16.2%) are mostly affected. Conclusion: Bronchial asthma, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus are the predominant risk factors associated with COVID. Transmission of the disease is more by virtue of contact with the infected person than by travel.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/43950ageusia; anosmia; computed tomography value; covid; demographic; fatigue; fever; nasopharyngeal swab; oropharyngeal swab; pandemic; positive; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; sars-cov-2; wuhan |
| spellingShingle | Siva Prasad Reddy Basava Aruna Rani Behera Sangeeta Panigrahy Pradeep Vegi Samatha P Balachandrasekhar P Sai Saileshkumar Goothy Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh Asian Journal of Medical Sciences ageusia; anosmia; computed tomography value; covid; demographic; fatigue; fever; nasopharyngeal swab; oropharyngeal swab; pandemic; positive; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; sars-cov-2; wuhan |
| title | Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh |
| title_full | Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh |
| title_short | Socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical profile of COVID patients in north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh |
| title_sort | socioeconomic demographic and clinical profile of covid patients in north coastal districts of andhra pradesh |
| topic | ageusia; anosmia; computed tomography value; covid; demographic; fatigue; fever; nasopharyngeal swab; oropharyngeal swab; pandemic; positive; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; sars-cov-2; wuhan |
| url | https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/43950 |
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