Jurnal Biologi Tropis
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023): January - March

Relationship of Comorbidity and Age to the Severity of Clinical Symptoms of COVID-19 at Mataram University Hospital

I Made Arya Yogiswara Mahayasa (Universitas Mataram)
Moulid Hidayat (Staff Pengajar Universitas Mataram)
Prima Belia Fathana (Staff Pengajar Universitas Mataram)
Indana Eva Ajmala (Staff Pengajar Universitas Mataram)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Jan 2023

Abstract

COVID-19 disease is a disease that arises due to infection with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The purpose of this study was to determine differences in clinical symptoms in elderly and non-elderly patients, as well as patients who had comorbidities and did not have comorbidities. This research is a type of cross-sectional study that was conducted by reviewing the medical records of COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at Mataram University Hospital in 2021. Data was collected using a consecutive sampling technique. The statistical test used is the Chi-square comparative test. To assess the relationship of age and comorbidities to the severity of symptoms in COVID-19 patients. In this study, 86 subjects were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria applied. The majority of subjects were in the 15-59 year age group, namely 66 (23.3%). With male sex 51 (60.5%) people. The majority of patients with comorbidities experienced severe/critical symptoms 16 (44.4%) and patients without comorbids experienced no symptoms or experienced mild symptoms 35 (35%). The majority of elderly patients experienced severe-critical symptoms 9 (45%) and the majority of non-elderly patients experienced no symptoms or experienced mild symptoms 42 (63.6%). The results of the bivariate analysis test showed a p-value = 0.001 for comorbids with severe symptoms, and a p-value = 0.003 for age with severe symptoms. There is a significant relationship between comorbidities and age on the severity of symptoms in COVID-19 patients.

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Journal Info

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JBT

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

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Jurnal Biologi Tropis (ISSN Cetak 1411-9587 dan ISSN Online 2549-7863) diterbitkan mulai tahun 2000 dengan frekuensi 2 kali setahun oleh Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi PMIPA FKIP Universitas Mataram, berisi hasil penelitian dan ulasan Ilmiah dalam bidang Biologi ...