COVID-19 outcomes among rheumatic disease patients in Kuwait: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (C19-GRA) physician registry.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to assess the characteristics of inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD) patients in Kuwait diagnosed with COVID-19 and the factors linked with hospitalization, complications, and mortality.

Methods

Data of IRD patients from Kuwait diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 2020 and March 2021, submitted to the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry, were included in our analysis. Data on patients' age, gender, smoking, diagnosis, IRD activity, and other comorbidities were collected. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 25, was used for statistical analysis.

Results

A total of 52 patients were included, with a mean age of 55 years (±14). The majority of patients were ≤65 years (77%), female (77%), non-smokers

SUBMITTER: Abutiban F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9347605 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature