Prevalence of Covid-19 Associated Symptoms, Their Onset and Duration, and Variations Among Different Groups of Patients in Bangladesh.

Md Tanzilul Amin,N M Mahmudul Alam Bhuiya,Mahmud Hasan

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.738352

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Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence, onset, and duration of COVID-19 associated symptoms, hospitalization, and recovery time from the infection in Bangladesh.Methods: A retrospective study was designed adopting the snowball sampling technique (n = 439). The association of gender, age, and comorbidity on COVID-19 associated complications was determined using chi-square and binary logistic regression analysis (p < 0.05).Result: Fever, exhaustion, cough, loss of taste, sore throat, body ache, and hair-loss were prevalent among more than 50% of the participants and developed within fourth days in above 90% of the patients. Shortness of breath was significantly higher in males (χ2 = 5.671; OR 1.641). Significant comorbidity association on the shortness of breath (χ2 = 40.119; OR 2.564), vomiting (χ2 = 4.422; OR 1.018), and loss of speech (χ2 = 17.299; OR 3.430) was observed. Patients (>40 years) exerted higher association in shortness of breath (χ2 = 24.083; OR 2.901). Age and comorbidity were significantly associated with COVID-19 associated hospitalization (χ2 = 16.890 and χ2 = 23.638, respectively) and recovery time (χ2 = 12.870 and χ2 = 26.924, respectively).Conclusion: The study suggests that the hospitalization rate increased for older (>40 years) and comorbid patients. Comorbid patients demonstrated higher susceptibility to have shortness of breath, vomiting, loss of speech, and confusion, whereas male patients showed significant increase in the prevalence of sore throat, loss of smell, and vomiting compared to female patients.

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In late December 2019, a small number of inexplicable respiratory infections were recorded in Wuhan, Hubei province, China
COVID-19 Symptoms in Bangladeshi Patients suggested by the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), and the disease was termed as coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 [3]
The majority of the respondents work in the private sector, whereas some were government job holders (25.28%) healthcare professionals and mostly worked or did Private Job holder or business (39.86) in a crowded place, 19.81% were students, and 18 % of the respondents reported that a relative, colleagues or a neighbor had been diagnosed with COVID-19

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In late December 2019, a small number of inexplicable respiratory infections were recorded in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. WHO relabeled the name of this virus as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). No animal source has been confirmed yet, due to the similarity in genomic features, it is postulated that bat or pangolin may work as a reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 [4]. On Mar 11, 2020, WHO stated the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic as reported cases reach 200,000 people, with over 8,000 people died due to the complications related to COVID-19 in over 160 countries [5, 6]. The number of confirmed cases increases every day, exerting a wide variety of symptoms in the infected persons. SARS-CoV-2 has spread to more than 213 countries worldwide

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