Profile of confirmed and symptomatic cases of COVID-19 that progressed to recovery without hospitalization in a Northeastern brazilian municipality

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, José Marcos de Jesus
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Góes, Fernanda Rodrigues de Santana, Mendonça, Mayra de Oliveira, Souza, Deise Carolina Anunciação, Silva, Beatriz Costa da, Mendes, Mário Luiz Tavares, Cavalcante Filho, João Batista, Santos, Ingrid Tatiane, Santana, Marcos Antônio de Azevedo, Martins-Filho, Paulo Ricardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/30127
• topic: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Health Profile; Signs and Symptoms; Comorbidity.; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Perfil de Salud; Signos y Síntomas; Comorbilidad.; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Perfil de Saúde; Sinais e Sintomas; Comorbidade.

Objective: to describe the clinical-epidemiological profile of confirmed and symptomatic cases of COVID-19 in a municipality in the Brazilian Northeast, which in turn progressed to recovery without hospitalization. Method: an ecological study of secondary data analysis of the Ministry of Health's eSUS-VE and FormSUS of the Municipal Health Department of São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil. We evaluated 1,098 symptomatic people with a positive report for COVID-19 between April and August 2020, who in turn progressed to recovery without hospitalization, either in infirmary beds and/or ICU. Results: the mean age of recovered cases without hospitalization was 38.6 years and the majority were female (59.1%). The most prevalent symptoms were headache (62.7%; n= 688), cough (60.7%; n= 666) and fever (53.4%; n= 586). More than half had up to three simultaneous symptoms (65.3%). Dyspnea was the least reported symptom (19.9%). Only 22.6% had comorbidities, the most common being arterial hypertension and diabetes. Conclusion: there was a predominance of young people and adults without comorbidities among mild cases of COVID-19 who progressed to recovery without hospitalization.