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Talebi S S, Chaman R, Mahdavi S, Enayatrad M, Garkaz O, Khosravi A, et al . Clinical Presentations of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Shahroud, Iran. J Adv Med Biomed Res 2022; 30 (140) :269-274
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Clinical Presentations of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Shahroud, Iran
Seyedeh Solmaz Talebi1 , Reza Chaman1 , Sepideh Mahdavi2 , Mostafa Enayatrad3 , Omid Garkaz1 , Ahmad Khosravi4 , Fariba Zare5 , Morteza Kermani6 , Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf * 7
1- Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
2- Clinical Research Development Unit, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
3- Clinical Research Development Unit, Bahar Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
4- Ophthalmic Epidemiology Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
5- Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
6- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
7- Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran , rohani_marzieh@yahoo.com
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Background and Objective: COVID-19 is a serious disease with different symptoms and risk factors infecting and killing many people around the world. This study was performed to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 suspects referred to the hospitals and coronavirus treatment centers of Shahroud, Iran.
Materials and Methods: Upon the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in Shahroud, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences launched a project to systematically record the demographic, clinical, and medical data of all suspects referred to the Corona Center. In this study, the data of 3945 suspected people collected during 5 months were analyzed. The RT-PCR test was used as the criterion for diagnosing the disease.
Results: Among 3945 suspected cases, 24.4% had positive RT-PCR test. The mean age of confirmed cases was 52.16 years. Dry cough and fever in addition to anorexia were reported as the most common symptoms. The results of logistic regression analysis showed that people over 60 years with heart disease reduce the risk, while people over 60 years, diabetics, and obese people increase the risk of infection.
Conclusion: These results necessitate further lines of research into different symptoms and risk factors to help identify COVID-19 cases earlier and start faster treatment.

Keywords: COVID-19, Demographic characteristics, Clinical characteristics, RT-PCR test
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✅ These results necessitate further lines of research into different symptoms and risk factors to help identify COVID-19 cases earlier and start faster treatment.


Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: Epidemiologic studies
Received: 2021/04/11 | Accepted: 2021/09/4 | Published: 2022/04/1
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