Variants of the post-COVID syndrome course depending on age, gender, comorbidity and severity of COVID-19

Autor: L.D. Todoriko, O.S. Shevchenko
Jazyk: English<br />Ukrainian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Infusion & Chemotherapy, Iss 1, Pp 14-19 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2663-0338
2709-0957
DOI: 10.32902/2663-0338-2023-1-14-19
Popis: BACKGROUND. Among residents of Chernivtsi region, the main characteristics, frequency and peculiarities of the longterm symptomatic and post-COVID-19 syndrome have not been sufficiently studied. OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the variants of the post-COVID syndrome course depending on age, gender, comorbidity and severity course of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). MATERIALS AND METHODS. The following research methods were used: electronic questionnaire, epidemiological, clinical and anamnestic, analytical and statistical methods. The study included 214 adult patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus (diagnosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction) and suffering from COVID-19 of varying severity. The patients were randomized into two groups: the main group included 112 people (63 men – 56.4 % and 49 women – 47.5 %); the comparison group included 102 patients with mild and moderate severity of COVID-19 who were consulted and treated outpatiently (46 men – 45.5 % and 56 women – 54.5 %). Statistical data processing was carried out using the IBM SPSS Statistics v26.0 program. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. It was found that among inpatients, there was a significantly higher number of patients over 60 years of age (p
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