Symptoms and risk factors for hospitalization of COVID-19 presented in primary care : An exploratory retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To increase knowledge of discrete symptoms shall help to avoid misinterpretation of test results and to gain better understanding of associations between early symptoms and severe disease to provide additional criteria for targeted early interventions.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Austrian GP practices in the year 2020, patients above 18 years were included.

Participants

We recruited 25 practices which included 295 participants with a positive SARS-CoV‑2 test.

Main outcome measures

Data collection comprised basic demographic data, risk factors and the recording of symptoms at several points in time in the course of the illness. Descriptive analyses for possible associations between demographics and symptoms were conducted b

SUBMITTER: Rabady S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8852901 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature