COMORBIDITIES AND COINFECTION AS RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH AGGRAVATION INFECTION BY COVID-19 IN PATIENTS ATTENDED AT THE METANGULA HEALTH CENTER, IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE

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https://doi.org/10.53612/recisatec.v1i2.26

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Comorbidities, Coinfection, Risk factors, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to evaluate preexisting risk factors associated with aggravation of COVID-19 infection in patients treated at the Metangula Health Center. Method: Cross-sectional and retrospective study based on secondary data extracted from the epidemiological bulletin of the Health Center of Metangula over a period of 01 (one) year. Demographic data, clinical condition and laboratory results from COVID-19 were obtained. Data were analyzed and presented in the form of graphs and tables with absolute and relative numbers. Results: The data revealed that incidences of COVID-19 infection occurred in all age groups, with a predominance in the age group of 30-39 years and a predominance of cases of COVID-19 in men compared to women. Comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, chronic respiratory diseases and patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were high risk factors for the worsening of COVID-19 infection among patients treated at the Metangula Health Center. Conclusion: This study can facilitate health care providers in identifying patients with risk factors and, consequently, a decrease in the number of cases and deaths from this disease. The findings will be useful for decision makers in the implementation of management protocols for patients with complications generated by certain comorbidities and coinfection when associated with coronavirus infection.

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Wilson Samuel

Biólogo, especializado em Saúde - Departamento de Saúde Militar, MDN, Moçambique. Email de correspondência: wilsonito2011@gmail.com 

Nércia Eugénio Monjane

Médica - Departamento de Saúde Militar, MDN, Moçambique 

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Published

2021-09-26

How to Cite

Samuel, W., & Monjane, N. E. . (2021). COMORBIDITIES AND COINFECTION AS RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH AGGRAVATION INFECTION BY COVID-19 IN PATIENTS ATTENDED AT THE METANGULA HEALTH CENTER, IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE. RECISATEC - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY, 1(2), e1226. https://doi.org/10.53612/recisatec.v1i2.26

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