Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 patients admitted in Palakkad district- a descriptive study

Authors

  • Shilu M. Zachariah Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India
  • Sreedevi Chakkanmattil Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India
  • Divyamol Nallat Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India
  • Deepak K. Soman Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20220385

Keywords:

COVID-19, Epidemiological profile, Length of hospital stay

Abstract

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a public health emergency of international concern. There is paucity of published data from India especially regarding the epidemiological information of COVID-19 patients and factors affecting the length of hospitalization.

Methods: The objectives of the study are to determine the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 patients and to determine the factors associated with their duration of hospital stay. The study is a descriptive study which includes all COVID-19 patients admitted to COVID-19 treatment centres of Palakkad district from 23 May 2020 to 30 June 2020.

Results: A total of 467 patients were obtained constituting 362 (77.5%) males and 105 (22.5%) females. The mean age was 36.52±14.44 years. 84 (17.99%) patients had comorbidities and 53 (11.35%) were symptomatic. The mean duration of hospital stay was 13.00±5.79 days (IQR 9-15). Symptomatic patients had higher odds of having a longer hospitalization compared to asymptomatic patients and this was found to be highly significant. Presence of comorbidities was also associated with longer duration of hospital stay which was significant.

Conclusions: A knowledge about the length of hospital stay will be crucial in determining the necessary infrastructure and manpower to manage the COVID-19 patients. If careful planning of health resources allocation is done, it will prevent undue overburdening of the health systems especially during a surge of COVID-19 cases.

Author Biographies

Shilu M. Zachariah, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India

Associate Professor

Department of Community Medicine

Sreedevi Chakkanmattil, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India

Assistant Professor

Department of Community Medicine

Divyamol Nallat, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India

Assistant Professor

Department of Community Medicine

Deepak K. Soman, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, India

Statistician cum Lecturer

Department of Community Medicine

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2022-02-28

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Zachariah, S. M., Chakkanmattil, S., Nallat, D., & Soman, D. K. (2022). Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 patients admitted in Palakkad district- a descriptive study. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9(3), 1277–1281. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20220385

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