Symptoms and underlying diseases associated with the hospitalization period of 3,480 Covid-19 patients in Hormozgan, Iran

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 has a relationship with patients ‘demographic characteristics as well as their underlying diseases. This research has been conducted to evaluate factors' effect on Covid-19 patient's hospitalization rate and period in Hormozgan, Iran.

METHODS: The inclusion criteria of this retrospective study included all patients diagnosed as COVID-19 patients after PCR who were referred to Covid-19 hospitals from February 2020 to June 2020 in Hormozgan province (3480 patients). The checklist was designed according to COVID-19 guidelines and approved by the World Health Organization and Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education. These data were analyzed using descriptive (average-standard deviation-percentage) and analytical (including Chi-square, t-test, and regression tests) statistics with SPSS Ver.23 software.

RESULTS: In this study, 1852 male patients (53.20%) with a median age of 43.11±21.72 and 1628 female patients (46/80%) with a median age of 44.86±22.40.The median age of men was significantly lower than the women's median age(P= 0.02). The hospital stay length of male and female patients was reported 2.64±4.14 and 2.76±4.297; the death rate of patients in our study was 6.6%.

CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the hospital stay length of HIV-positive patients and patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases is much longer than other people, which imposes many human and financial costs on the country's health care system. These results can improve health care system planning and improve medical services presented to covid-19 patients.