ASSOCIATION OF GENDER, AGE, AND COMORBIDITIES WITH MORTALITY IN COVID-19 PATIENTS OF DISTRICT BAJAUR, PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Fazal Rahman District Headquarter Hospital, Khar, Bajaur, KP, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Owais Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medical Technology, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
  • Siraj Uddin District Headquarter Hospital, Khar, Bajaur, KP, Pakistan.
  • Ashfaq Rahman District Headquarter Hospital, Khar, Bajaur, KP, Pakistan.
  • Naseeb Gul District Headquarter Hospital, Khar, Bajaur, KP, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Tayyeb Department of Anesthesia, College of Medical Technology, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
  • Amjad Rahman District Headquarter Hospital, Khar, Bajaur, KP, Pakistan.
  • Nasir Ali Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medical Technology, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Ayub Jadoon Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, KP, Pakistan.
  • Hidayat Khan Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medical Technology, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i1.75

Keywords:

COVID-19,Diagnosis, Epidemiology, rRT-PCR, SARS-CoV-2.

Abstract

Objective: To find the association of co-morbidities with mortality among infected population in District Bajaur.
Materials and Methods:The data were collected from patients by face to face interviews and both verbal and written informed consent was collected. The nasal swabs were collected from symptomatic patients for confirmatory test and were confirmed by rRT-PCR test.
Results:A total of 860 individual were enrolled in this study with means age score of 32.6±1.5, 159 (82.4%) were male and 34 (17.6%) were female. Among co-morbidities patients, 16 (8.3%) were suffering from cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, 1 (0.5%) with Chronic Lung Disease, 6 (3.1%) with Diabetes.
Conclusion:There was positive correlation between comorbidities and patient outcome status (P<0.001). Mortality ratio was more in aged group people. There was increase mortality rate with co-morbidities patients.

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Published

2022-03-31

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Fazal Rahman, Muhammad Owais, Siraj Uddin, Ashfaq Rahman, Naseeb Gul, Muhammad Tayyeb, Amjad Rahman, Nasir Ali, Muhammad Ayub Jadoon, & Hidayat Khan. (2022). ASSOCIATION OF GENDER, AGE, AND COMORBIDITIES WITH MORTALITY IN COVID-19 PATIENTS OF DISTRICT BAJAUR, PAKISTAN. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 12(1), 2–6. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i1.75

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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