CLINICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF COVID-19 IN ELDERLY AND MIDDLE-AGE ADULT IN DR MOHAMMAD SOEWANDHI GENERAL HOSPITAL

Yudita Wulandari (Departemen Ilmu Penyakit Dalam, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Vincentius Diamantino Supit (Rumah Sakit Gotong Royong, Surabaya)
Henry Asaleo (Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Regita Marentek (Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Jansen Irawan (Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Rio Tritanto (Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Richard Hartanto (Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Kab. Banggai Luwuk)
Steven Hermantoputra Halim (Rumah Sakit Gotong Royong, Surabaya.)

Jurnal Widya Medika
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021): October

Introduction: The different characteristics of the elderly and young people may provide different characteristics of COVID-19. This research aim is to provide information on the characteristics of COVID-19 patients, especially elderly patients. Aim: To analyzed comparisson of clinical characteristic COVID-19 in elderly and young age patients. Method: This study is a retrospective observational study with a cross-sectional approach in COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Soewandi General Hospital from May 1st 2020 until November 31th 2020. This study compared the characteristics of COVID-19 patients at elderly and young ages. Result: There were 368 COVID-19 patients with 95 elderly patients (25.81%) and 273 young patients (74.19%). The most frequent symptoms experienced by elderly patients in sequence are cough, gastrointestinal disturbances, fever, and fatigue. It was found that the proportion of COVID-19 patients with comorbid diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT) was higher in elderly patients than in younger patients (p