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Tehran Univ Med J 2024, 82(4): 339-345 |
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Mehryar H R, Hosseini Azar M R, Ebrahimi A, Garkaz O. Examining the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with COVID-19 admitted to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia in the first half of 2021. Tehran Univ Med J 2024; 82 (4) :339-345
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1- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
2- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
3- General Practitioner, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
4- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. ,omid.garkaz23@gmail.com
2- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
3- General Practitioner, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
4- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. ,
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Background: Although the respiratory system is the main element involved in the disease of COVID-19, nevertheless, there are reports of the involvement of other organs and their lesser symptoms. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with COVID-19.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 hospitalized in Imam Khomeini Hospital from April to September 2021 by census method. The data was collected using a checklist that included demographic information. After the data was collected, it was entered into SPSS software, version 18 (IBM SPSS, Armonk, NY, USA) and analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 hospitalized in Imam Khomeini Hospital from April to September 2021 by census method. The data was collected using a checklist that included demographic information. After the data was collected, it was entered into SPSS software, version 18 (IBM SPSS, Armonk, NY, USA) and analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics.
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Results: In this study, the results showed that out of 2580 hospitalized patients, 54% were women and 46% were men. And the average age of the patients was 58.67±17.68. The highest frequency of people was in the age range of 40-59 years (925 people). 64% of patients had at least one gastrointestinal symptom, Each of the symptoms had a different prevalence, Anorexia 40% with a preference for men (57%) and the highest frequency in the age range of 40-59 years (430 people), gastrointestinal bleeding 10% with a preference for men (80%), And the highest frequency in the age range of 60-79 years (112 people), abdominal pain 8% with preference for women (65%) with preference for frequency in the age range of 40-59 years (65 people), vomiting 3% with preference for women (51%) with abundance in the age range of 80-99 years (58 people), diarrhea 1.5% with preference in men (51%) with abundance in the age range of 60-79 years (18 people) and constipation in 0.2% with preference Women (67%), all of whom were over 60 years old.
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that the COVID-19 disease can not only involve the respiratory system but also the digestive system in the course or beginning of the disease. |
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