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Rezabeigi-Davarani E, Bokaie S, Mashayekhi V, Sharifi L, Faryabi R, Alian Samakkhah S, et al . Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Studied by Jiroft University of Medical Sciences: Southeast of Iran. J Adv Med Biomed Res 2021; 29 (136) :302-308
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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Studied by Jiroft University of Medical Sciences: Southeast of Iran
Esmat Rezabeigi-Davarani1 , Saied Bokaie2 , Vahid Mashayekhi3 , Laleh Sharifi4 , Reza Faryabi5 , Shohreh Alian Samakkhah6 , Ahad Ashrafi Asgarabad7 , Kiavash Hushmandi2 , Mehdi Raei8 , Salman Daneshi * 9
1- Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2- Dept. of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Division of Epidemiology & Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3- Deputy of Health, Jiroft University of Medical University, Jiroft, Iran.
4- Uro-Oncology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5- Dept of Public Health, School of Public Health, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran.
6- Dept. of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran.
7- Dept. of Public Health, School of Health, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran.
8- Health Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
9- Dept. of Public Health, School of Public Health, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran. , medicine.med2002@yahoo.com
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Background and Objective: The behavior of COVID-19, clinical symptoms, and mortality rate are not the same in different regions. Due to lack of knowledge about the cited issues, we aimed to investigate the clinical symptoms, case fatality rate, and some risk factors of COVID-19.
Materials and Methods: This longitudinal study was started from the late February 2020 and lasted to the mid-July 2020 in Jiroft, Kerman province, Iran. The course of the disease, clinical signs and symptoms, underlying diseases, patients' exposure history, travel history, adherence to health instructions, and the fatality rate of the disease were evaluated in the patients. The descriptive statistics and frequency were analyzed in different groups using IBM SPSS statistics version 20.
Results: In this study, 2977 definitive cases of COVID-19 were detected using RT-PCR test. The frequent clinical symptoms were fever (45.2%), body aches and bruises (38.8%), and cough (36.4%), respectively. The fatality rate of the disease was 4%. Evaluation of the patients’ exposure history showed that almost 50% of the cases had no exposure. Among the studied individuals, 33% had the history of exposure to a definite COVID-19 case.
Conclusion: Personal hygiene, social distancing, and use of face mask are of great importance in reducing the disease morbidity and mortality. Public awareness about COVID-19 should also be increased, especially in the elderly individuals with the history of underlying and chronic diseases.

Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Mortality, Patient
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✅ Personal hygiene, social distancing, and use of face mask are of great importance in reducing the disease morbidity and mortality. Public awareness about COVID-19 should also be increased, especially in the elderly individuals with the history of underlying and chronic diseases.


Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: Epidemiologic studies
Received: 2020/10/5 | Accepted: 2021/01/13 | Published: 2021/04/4
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