Clinical Features and Time to Recovery of Admitted COVID-19 Cases at Dilla University Referral Hospital Treatment Center, South Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Factors of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (n=220) to Dilla University Referral Hospital, December 2021

Socio-Demographic Factors		Frequency	Percent
Sex
	Male	123	55.9
	Female	97	44.1
Age
	<30 years	38	17.3
	30–49 years	69	31.4
	50+ years	113	51.4
Occupation
	House wife	47	21.4
	Unemployed	41	18.6
	Government employed	31	14.1
	Farmer	30	13.6
	Self-employed	28	12.7
	Merchant	20	9.1
	Student	15	6.8
	Daily laborer	4	1.8
	Driver	3	1.4

Table 2 Clinical Features of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (n=220) to Dilla University Referral Hospital, December 2021

Clinical Features		Frequency	Percent
Symptoms	Cough	209	95.0
	Fever	133	60.5
	Shortness of breath	153	69.5
	Sore throat	8	3.6
	Loss of test	29	13.2
	Loss of smell	31	14.1
	Headache	75	34.1
	Easy fatigue	68	30.9
	Joint pain	56	25.5
	Chest pain	13	5.9
	Loss of appetite	19	8.6
Body temperature	Fever	133	60.5
	Hypothermia	15	6.8
Pulse rate	Tachycardia	83	37.7
	Bradycardia	2	0.9
Breathing rate	Tachypnea	197	89.5
	Bradypnea	5	2.3
Blood pressure	Hypertensive	36	16.4
	Hypotensive	21	9.5
Oxygen saturation	Hypoxia	95	43.2
Disease status	Severe	120	54.5
	Moderate	89	40.5
	Mild	11	5.0

Figure 1 Recovery of COVID-19 patients admitted to the Dilla University Referral Hospital Treatment Center by disease status at admission.

Figure 2 Recovery curve of COVID-19 patients admitted to the Dilla University Referral Hospital Treatment Center by co-morbidity with chronic diseases.

Figure 3 Recovery curve of COVID-19 patients admitted to the Dilla University Referral Hospital Treatment Center by sex.

Figure 4 Recovery curve of COVID-19 patients admitted to the Dilla University Referral Hospital Treatment Center by age.

Table 3 Multivariate Cox-Regression Analysis Showing Adjusted Hazard Ratios of Clinical Features of COVID-19 Patients at Dilla University Referral Hospital, December 2021

Variables	Category	CHR (CI)	AHR (CI)	P value
Presence of cough	No	1	1
	Yes	0.57 (0.29–1.07)	0.91 (0.43–1.91)	0.80
Presence of easy fatigue	No	1	1
	Yes	0.73 (0.52–1.01)	1.08 (0.74–1.58)	0.69
Presence of joint pain	No	1	1
	Yes	1.33 (0.95–1.86)	0.89 (0.75–1.06)	0.18
Body temperature	Hypothermia	1	1
	Normal	0.38 (0.21–0.70)	0.52 (0.27–1.00)	0.05
	Fever	0.49 (0.28–0.89)	0.70 (0.37–1.34)	0.29
Presence of chronic disease	No	1	1
	Yes	0.69 (0.50–0.95)	0.86 (0.61–1.20)	0.37
Severity of disease	Mild	1	1
	Moderate	0.98 (0.52–1.84)	0.83 (0.43–1.59)	0.57
	Severe/Critical	0.36 (0.19–0.68)	0.33 (0.16–0.67)	0.002
Breathing rate	Bradypnea	1	1
	Normal rate	4.28 (1.17–15.64)	5.37 (1.40–20.57)	0.014
	Tachypnea	2.79 (0.85–9.19)	3.36 (0.97–11.65)	0.056
Oxygen saturation	< 90	1	1
	≥ 91	1.55 (1.12–2.14)	1.22 (0.84–1.75)	0.29

Abbreviations: CHR, crude hazard ratio; AHR, adjusted hazard ratio.