COVID-19 disease severity and associated factors among Ethiopian patients: A study of the millennium COVID-19 care center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic started a little later in Ethiopia than the rest of the world and most of the initial cases were reported to have a milder disease course and a favorable outcome. This changed as the disease spread into the population and the more vulnerable began to develop severe disease. Understanding the risk factors for severe disease in Ethiopia was needed to provide optimal health care services in a resource limited setting.

Objective

The study assessed COVID-19 patients admitted to Millennium COVID-19 Care Center in Ethiopia for characteristics associated with COVID-19 disease severity.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to August 2020 among 686 randomly selected patients. Chi-square test was used to detect the presence of

SUBMITTER: Leulseged TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8794201 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature