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Health-seeking behavior of patients with COVID-19 infection
Jinjun Zhang
Beijing Emergency Medical Center, Beijing 100031, China
Corresponding Author
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Background: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged across the world, and the disease course can be affected by health-seeking behavior of patients. This study aimed to explore the influence of the health-seeking behavior of patients with COVID-19 on disease process.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the health-seeking behavior of discharged patients with COVID-19 infection. Patients were categorized into three groups based on the times of visiting hospital, and the Mann-Whitney U and the Chi-square test were used to compare the difference.
Results: 138 discharged patients infected with COVID-19 were enrolled in our study as of Feb 20th, 2020. 68(49.3%) patients were male, with the median age of 40 years old. There were significant difference in contact history of being to Wuhan in last 14 days (A=6.799, P=0.033), contacting with confirmed case in last 14 days (b=9.321, P=0.009) and the type of hospital first visited (s=29.317, P<0.001).The health-seeking behavior can significantly affect the duration between the first hospital visit and confirmed diagnosis (t=6.445, P=0.002), symptoms onset and confirmed diagnosis (r=4.591, P=0.012), as well as symptoms onset and hospitalization (a=4.404, P=0.014). As the epidemic developed, the time interval from symptom onset to first hospital visit had been decreased gradually from Jan 12 to Feb 15.
Conclusions: Health-seeking behavior of patients were different as the epidemic developed and the strategies taken by government. It’s necessary to improve epidemic acknowledge and awareness of citizens to contain the outbreak.
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COVID-19, Health-seeking behavior, Discharged patients
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Health-seeking behavior of patients with COVID-19 infection
Jinjun Zhang
Beijing Emergency Medical Center, Beijing 100031, China
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Background: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged across the world, and the disease course can be affected by health-seeking behavior of patients. This study aimed to explore the influence of the health-seeking behavior of patients with COVID-19 on disease process.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the health-seeking behavior of discharged patients with COVID-19 infection. Patients were categorized into three groups based on the times of visiting hospital, and the Mann-Whitney U and the Chi-square test were used to compare the difference.
Results: 138 discharged patients infected with COVID-19 were enrolled in our study as of Feb 20th, 2020. 68(49.3%) patients were male, with the median age of 40 years old. There were significant difference in contact history of being to Wuhan in last 14 days (A=6.799, P=0.033), contacting with confirmed case in last 14 days (b=9.321, P=0.009) and the type of hospital first visited (s=29.317, P<0.001).The health-seeking behavior can significantly affect the duration between the first hospital visit and confirmed diagnosis (t=6.445, P=0.002), symptoms onset and confirmed diagnosis (r=4.591, P=0.012), as well as symptoms onset and hospitalization (a=4.404, P=0.014). As the epidemic developed, the time interval from symptom onset to first hospital visit had been decreased gradually from Jan 12 to Feb 15.
Conclusions: Health-seeking behavior of patients were different as the epidemic developed and the strategies taken by government. It’s necessary to improve epidemic acknowledge and awareness of citizens to contain the outbreak.
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