COVID-19 Severity According to Age Groups in an Ecuadorian Hospital
<strong>Foundation:</strong> an increment in the COVID-19 severity has been observed with increasing age. Elderly people are more susceptible to suffer severity during SARS-CoV-2 infection due to weak immunity and other organ dysfunctions. <br /><strong>Objective: </strong...
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| author | Lina Espinoza Neri-Pire Freddy Fernando Jumbo Salazar Jenny Olivia Caicedo Rodríguez |
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| description | <strong>Foundation:</strong> an increment in the COVID-19 severity has been observed with increasing age. Elderly people are more susceptible to suffer severity during SARS-CoV-2 infection due to weak immunity and other organ dysfunctions. <br /><strong>Objective: </strong>to compare the COVID-19 severity in different age groups at the Ambato General Teaching Hospital, Ecuador. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The studied population was made up of 659 patients with COVID-19 treated at the Ambato General Teaching Hospital, at the end of 2021. The patients were separated into three age groups: young, middle-aged and older adults; the severity of COVID-19 was managed as mild, severe and serious. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine differences in severity between age groups. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the COVID-19 severity tended to increase with age, as the group of older adults had the highest average range, followed by the group of middle-aged adults and, finally, by young adults. The Kruskal-Wallis H value was 238.522 with p < 0.01. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> in the patients studied, the COVID-19 severity varied according to age groups, with a greater result as age increased. This shows the need for care based on age and the need to draw up policies to quickly care for older adults diagnosed with COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1186012ddbef4c67a58c42fbe0b87c9d2025-01-30T21:29:02ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2024-01-0121660672433COVID-19 Severity According to Age Groups in an Ecuadorian HospitalLina Espinoza Neri-Pire0Freddy Fernando Jumbo Salazar1Jenny Olivia Caicedo Rodríguez2Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.<strong>Foundation:</strong> an increment in the COVID-19 severity has been observed with increasing age. Elderly people are more susceptible to suffer severity during SARS-CoV-2 infection due to weak immunity and other organ dysfunctions. <br /><strong>Objective: </strong>to compare the COVID-19 severity in different age groups at the Ambato General Teaching Hospital, Ecuador. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The studied population was made up of 659 patients with COVID-19 treated at the Ambato General Teaching Hospital, at the end of 2021. The patients were separated into three age groups: young, middle-aged and older adults; the severity of COVID-19 was managed as mild, severe and serious. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine differences in severity between age groups. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the COVID-19 severity tended to increase with age, as the group of older adults had the highest average range, followed by the group of middle-aged adults and, finally, by young adults. The Kruskal-Wallis H value was 238.522 with p < 0.01. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> in the patients studied, the COVID-19 severity varied according to age groups, with a greater result as age increased. This shows the need for care based on age and the need to draw up policies to quickly care for older adults diagnosed with COVID-19.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45106covid-19grupos de edadecuador |
| spellingShingle | Lina Espinoza Neri-Pire Freddy Fernando Jumbo Salazar Jenny Olivia Caicedo Rodríguez COVID-19 Severity According to Age Groups in an Ecuadorian Hospital Medisur covid-19 grupos de edad ecuador |
| title | COVID-19 Severity According to Age Groups in an Ecuadorian Hospital |
| title_full | COVID-19 Severity According to Age Groups in an Ecuadorian Hospital |
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| title_sort | covid 19 severity according to age groups in an ecuadorian hospital |
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