Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study
Background: The COVID-19 is a viral communicable disease and the World Health Organization declared it as a public health emergency of international concern. This pandemic has challenged the entire world including India's health-care system and resources. It is a devastating recurrence in peopl...
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| author | Kannappa V Shetty Mahesh Desai Ashish Srivastava P Marimuthu Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa Urmila Bamney |
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| description | Background: The COVID-19 is a viral communicable disease and the World Health Organization declared it as a public health emergency of international concern. This pandemic has challenged the entire world including India's health-care system and resources. It is a devastating recurrence in people with underlying health issues or comorbidities, eventually resulting in mortality. Comorbidities including both medical and psychological disorders among COVID patients have a large amount of impact on the individual's mental health as well as functioning.
Materials and Methods: The study comprised 800 hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the first wave from North Karnataka region in India. The data were collected using a structured interview schedule through hospital telephones. The ethical approval was obtained from the Institute Research Ethics Committee.
Results: The mean age of the hospitalized COVID patients was 41.02 ± 15.21, and the mean age of comorbidity was 47.69 ± 14.84. Following medical comorbidities such as diabetes (9.3%), hypertension (9.3%), cancer (1.8%), diabetes + hypertension (2.1%), and asthma (0.9%) and psychological comorbidities such as anxiety (3.8%) and depression (3.3%) were found among the hospitalized COVID patients during the first wave.
Conclusions: It can be observed that comorbidity may increase the risk of death among COVID patients who were hospitalized and appropriate medical and psychological interventions can be provided for various co comorbidities at the earliest to prevent further defuncting and distress caused by the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f989e97d5ff7420286ce7ddde57408b52022-12-22T00:24:19ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsArchives of Mental Health2589-91712589-918X2022-01-01231626610.4103/amh.amh_136_21Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional studyKannappa V ShettyMahesh DesaiAshish SrivastavaP MarimuthuSanjeev Kumar ManikappaUrmila BamneyBackground: The COVID-19 is a viral communicable disease and the World Health Organization declared it as a public health emergency of international concern. This pandemic has challenged the entire world including India's health-care system and resources. It is a devastating recurrence in people with underlying health issues or comorbidities, eventually resulting in mortality. Comorbidities including both medical and psychological disorders among COVID patients have a large amount of impact on the individual's mental health as well as functioning. Materials and Methods: The study comprised 800 hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the first wave from North Karnataka region in India. The data were collected using a structured interview schedule through hospital telephones. The ethical approval was obtained from the Institute Research Ethics Committee. Results: The mean age of the hospitalized COVID patients was 41.02 ± 15.21, and the mean age of comorbidity was 47.69 ± 14.84. Following medical comorbidities such as diabetes (9.3%), hypertension (9.3%), cancer (1.8%), diabetes + hypertension (2.1%), and asthma (0.9%) and psychological comorbidities such as anxiety (3.8%) and depression (3.3%) were found among the hospitalized COVID patients during the first wave. Conclusions: It can be observed that comorbidity may increase the risk of death among COVID patients who were hospitalized and appropriate medical and psychological interventions can be provided for various co comorbidities at the earliest to prevent further defuncting and distress caused by the pandemic.http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2022;volume=23;issue=1;spage=62;epage=66;aulast=Shettycomorbiditycovid-19first wavehospitalizationmedical and psychological intervention |
| spellingShingle | Kannappa V Shetty Mahesh Desai Ashish Srivastava P Marimuthu Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa Urmila Bamney Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study Archives of Mental Health comorbidity covid-19 first wave hospitalization medical and psychological intervention |
| title | Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Medical and psychological comorbidity among COVID patients during the first wave in Dharwad District of South India: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | medical and psychological comorbidity among covid patients during the first wave in dharwad district of south india a cross sectional study |
| topic | comorbidity covid-19 first wave hospitalization medical and psychological intervention |
| url | http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2022;volume=23;issue=1;spage=62;epage=66;aulast=Shetty |
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