Abstract

BACKGROUND: DHF is one of the endemic diseases with the highest cases in Indonesia. According to WHO data in 2020, the incidence of DHF has increased more than 8 times over the last two decades, from 505,430 cases in 2000, to more than 2.4 million in 2010 and 5.2 million in 2019.
 AIM: This study aims to analyzed the recovery rate of DHF patients at Dr. M. Djamil Padang Hospital During the COVID-19 period and the factors that influence it.
 METHODS: This study is a quantitative study with a retrospective cohort study design. Data were taken from the medical records of DHF patients during the COVID-19 period (March 2020-February 2022). The sampling technique used was simple random sampling. The analysis used the Kaplan-Meier ̧ Cox Regression method, and the Cox Proportional Hazard analysis.
 RESULTS: The average time it takes a patient to recover from DHF at Dr. M. Djamil Padang is 10 days. Patients who experienced the event were 32.7%, with an incidence rate of 0.061%. DHF patients at RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang, most of them were >14 years old, male, duration of fever before hospitalization >4 days, platelet level 100,000, hematocrit level >20%, and patients using insurance.
 CONCLUSION: DHF patients aged >14 years, duration of fever before hospitalization 4 days, hematocrit level 20% had a longer recovery rate. It is recommended to the hospital to be better prepared to handle DHF patients according to risk factors and to collaborate for health education.

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