Research Article
Factors Associated with Poor Treatment Outcome among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in South Central, Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of patients admitted with COVID-19 to the treatment center in Arsi zone, 2021.
| Clinical characteristics | Categories | Frequency (%) |
| Clinical manifestation | Yes | 374 (94) | No | 24 (6.0) |
| Co-morbidity | Yes | 236 (59.3) | No | 162 (40.7) |
| Status | Asymptomatic | 24 (6.0) | Mild | 82 (20.6) | Moderate | 104 (26.1) | Severe | 170 (42.7) | Critical | 18 (4.5) |
| Type of comorbidity | Hypertension | 52 (16.1) | Chronic cardiac disease | 34 (10.6) | COPD | 55 (17.1) | Asthma | 47 (14.6) | Chronic kidney disease (CKD) | 14 (4.3) | Diabetic mellitus | 90 (28.0) | Human immune virus (HIV) | 15 (4.7) |
| Intranasal oxygen use | Yes | 250 (66.8) | No | 124 (33.2) |
| Place of care | Ward | 358 (90.0) | ICU | 40 (10.0) |
| Length of stay | Less than 15 days | 263 (66.1) | 15 and above days | 135 (33.9) | Mean(SD) | 13 (5.7) |
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