Educational status and COVID-19 related outcomes in India: hospital-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Association of educational status, as marker of socioeconomic status, with COVID-19 outcomes has not been well studied. We performed a hospital-based cross-sectional study to determine its association with outcomes.

Methods

Successive patients of COVID-19 presenting at government hospital were recruited. Demographic and clinical details were obtained at admission, and in-hospital outcomes were assessed. Cohort was classified according to self-reported educational status into group 1: illiterate or ≤primary; group 2: higher secondary; and group 3: some college. To compare intergroup outcomes, we performed logistic regression.

Results

4645 patients (men 3386, women 1259) with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited. Mean age was 46±18 years, most lived in large hous

SUBMITTER: Sharma AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8882634 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature