All-cause mortality of hospitalised patients with suspected COVID-19 in Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the mortality of patients with COVID-19 in Sierra Leone, to explore the factors associated with mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic and to highlight the complexities of treating patients with a novel epidemic disease in a fragile health system.

Study design

A prospective single-centre cohort study. Data were extracted from paper medical records and transferred onto an electronic database. Specific indicators were compared between survivors and non-survivors, using descriptive statistics in Stata V.17.

Study setting

The infectious diseases unit (IDU) at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone PARTICIPANTS: Participants were all patients admitted to the IDU between March and July 2020.

Aims of study

The primary outcome of the study was

SUBMITTER: Farrant O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature