Epidemiological Assessment of COVID-19 Clinical Symptoms and Its Associated Factors from Banten Districts: The Role of Gender Aspects

Authors

  • Flori R Sari COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory, C.094 LaboratoriumTerpadu, Faculty of Medicine &Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia
  • Erike A Suwarsono COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory, C.094 LaboratoriumTerpadu Faculty of Medicine & Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412
  • Chris Adhiyanto COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory, C.094 LaboratoriumTerpadu Faculty of Medicine &Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412
  • Ahmad Azwar Habibi COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory &Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412
  • Alyya Siddiqa Siregar COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory & Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412
  • Devy Ariany COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory &Department of Pathology Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412
  • Muniroh Sahid COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory &Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412
  • Siti Nur Aisyah Jauharoh COVID-19 Biomolecular Laboratory &Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam NegeriSyarifHidayatullah, JalanKertamukti No. 5, Banten, Indonesia, 15412

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v21i4.60248

Keywords:

COVID-19, sex characteristics, fever, cough, cross-sectional studies

Abstract

Objectives: The symptoms of COVID-19 resemble those of a variety of mild to severe clinical conditions. Having epidemiological knowledge of the clinical symptoms of COVID‑19 and associated factors may help health workers to diagnose and manage the disease. Assessment of COVID-19’s clinical symptoms is therefore necessary to support health workers in Banten, Indonesia.

Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, we purposively analysed 1492 medical records from our online COVID-19 database. All data were analysed in a consecutive manner and were shown as percentages or significances.

Results: Medical records revealed that 577 patients (39%) were male and 915 (61%) were female. Our sample contained 106 patients (7%) who tested positive for COVID-19. Among these 106 patients, 70 were asymptomatic (66%) while the rest (34%) had single or multiple clinical symptoms. The most common symptom was fever (16%), followed by cough (15%), fatigue (11%), headache (11%), dysphagia (10%), rhinorrhoea (8%), nausea (7%), dyspnoea (4%) and diarrhoea (2%). Subsequently, gender differences were found to be significantly associated with positive cases (p<0.05), the appearance of clinical symptoms (p<0.05), and decision whether to hospitalize or self-isolate (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Fever, cough and fatigue predominated in the COVID-19 symptoms reported by our patients. Additionally, gender differences should be carefully considered in developing better management processes.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 21 No. 04 October’22 Page : 782-787

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2022-09-11

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Sari, F. R., Suwarsono, E. A., Adhiyanto, C. ., Habibi, A. A., Siregar, A. S., Ariany, D., Sahid, M., & Jauharoh , S. N. A. (2022). Epidemiological Assessment of COVID-19 Clinical Symptoms and Its Associated Factors from Banten Districts: The Role of Gender Aspects. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 21(4), 782–787. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v21i4.60248

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Vol. 21 No. 4 (2022)

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Copyright (c) 2022 Flori R Sari,Erike A Suwarsono, Chris Adhiyanto, Ahmad Azwar Habibi, Alyya Siddiqa Siregar, Devy Ariany, Muniroh Muniroh, Siti NurAisyah Jauharoh

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