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Assessing the short, intermediate and long-term health effects of COVID-19 on the survivors in Zambia: a prospective quantitative study protocol
| العنوان: | Assessing the short, intermediate and long-term health effects of COVID-19 on the survivors in Zambia: a prospective quantitative study protocol |
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| المؤلفون: | Victor M Mukonka, Cephas Sialubanje, Nawa Mukumbuta, Phyllis Ingutu Sumbwa, Evaristo Kunka, Margaret Chibowa, Gardner Syakantu, Laston Chikoya |
| المصدر: | BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 9 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ Publishing Group, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine |
| الوصف: | Introduction Little is known about the clinical course of COVID-19 following mild symptoms, and how the disease affects the survivors over time. Moreover, information on the severity of the long-term health effects as well as the associated risk factors is scant. This study aims to determine the short, intermediate and long-term health effects of COVID-19 on the survivors and the associated risk factors.Methods and analysis We propose conducting a 24-month prospective quantitative study in 10 health facilities (2 specialist, 3 regional, 2 mission and 3 subdistrict hospitals) from Lusaka and Southern Province of Zambia. Health facilities will be those which served as COVID-19 treatment centres during the third wave (June–August 2021). Study participants will comprise a randomly selected cohort of 450 COVID-19 survivors who had mild or no symptoms (80%) and severe cases (20%). Using a questionnaire, respondent demographic, clinical and laboratory data will be collected at baseline and at a 3-month interval for 18 months using a questionnaire. Respondents’ medical records will be reviewed and data collected using a checklist. Descriptive statistics will be computed to summarise respondents’ characteristics and clinical outcomes. Bivariate analysis (Χ2 and t-test) will be conducted to test the association between respondent characteristics and clinical outcomes. Multivariate logistic regression analysis will be run to determine the risk factors for short, intermediate and long-term health effects; adjusted ORs will be computed to test the strength of the association (p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2022-0626 2044-6055 |
| Relation: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e062601.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062601 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/a054d283eb184b79bc7c750b4d551a7a |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.054d283eb184b79bc7c750b4d551a7a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20220626 20446055 |
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| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062601 |