Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2022): Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal

Profile Analysis of COVID-19 Patients in Jambi Province

Titin Agustin Nengsih (UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi)
Hafifatul Auliya Rahmy (UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi)
Guspianto Guspianto (Universitas Jambi)
Ummi Kalsum (Univesitas Jambi)
Hendra Dhermawan Sitanggang (Univesitas Jambi)
Amirah Saeed Alharthi (Taif University)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Aug 2022

Abstract

Background: The potential for COVID-19 transmission has increased sharply, so the government must implement various strategies to control the spread, especially in Jambi Province. The number of positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jambi Province until August 26, 2021, was 27,422 people, with a case fatality rate is 2.37%. This condition illustrates that the spread of COVID-19 is increasing every day, so the government has set a lockdown at Level 4. Method: This research aims to analyze the profile of COVID-19 patients in Jambi Province (secondary data analysis) with a cross-sectional study design. Data analysis includes univariate analysis with the mean difference test and Chi-Square test. Result: The results show that the age of COVID-19 patients is significantly different between men and women. Furthermore, based on the Chi-Square test, it shows a significant relationship between age and gender and between region and age with a p-value <0.05. Conclusion: Indeed, the risk of COVID-19 cases increases with age and differs for each gender with a high level of mobility.

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dpphj

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Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal e-ISSN : 2720-9997 is an open access and peer-reviewed journal that published empirical quantitative research and/or qualitative research on the epidemiology, biostatistic, nutrition, family health, climate change, infectious and non-infectious diseases, ...