非洲长期COVID的风险因素和临床表现:范围审查
Enos Moyo1, Munashe Chimene2, Perseverance Moyo1
1Medical Center Oshakati, Oshakati, Namibia.
Journal of infection and public health
|October 27, 2023
概括
长期的COVID或长期的COVID-19并发症甚至会影响无症状的个体. 女性性别,年龄较大,以及高血压等先前存在的疾病是非洲的关键风险因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 可以导致长期的健康问题,称为长期COVID,无论最初的症状严重程度如何,都会影响患者.
- 了解长期COVID的患病率,风险因素和症状对于有效的患者管理至关重要,特别是在多样化的人口中.
研究的目的:
- 在非洲大陆进行与长期COVID相关的风险因素和临床症状的范围审查.
- 综合2020年至2022年间发表的研究结果,为临床实践和公共卫生战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 采用范围审查方法论,系统地识别和总结相关文献.
- 包括的研究包括追溯横截面,前性队列和病例控制设计.
- 数据是从5项精选的研究中提取的,这些研究重点关注2020-2022年非洲的长期COVID.
主要成果:
- 长期COVID的确定的风险因素包括女性,40岁以上,经历超过四种急性COVID-19症状,并患有喘,高血压和抑郁症等并发症.
- 报告的长期COVID症状包括一般,呼吸道,心血管,耳鼻喉,胃肠道和神经系统的表现.
- 该审查强调了非洲不同人群中长期COVID症状和相关风险因素的异质性.
结论:
- 早期识别风险因素和临床症状对于及时诊断和治疗长期COVID至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究,以在特定的非洲人口和临床亚组中描述长期COVID,以定制干预措施.
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