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ArticleSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2021

Demographics, comorbidities, and outcomes among young and middle-aged COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia.

Amer S Alali, Abdulaziz O Alshehri, Ahmed Assiri, Shahd Khan, Munirah A Alkathiri, Omar A Almohammed, Waleed Badoghaish, Saeed M AlQahtani, Musaad A Alshammari, Mohamed Mohany and 3 more

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Article in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Amer S AlaliDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz O AlshehriDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed AssiriGeneral Directorate of Clinical Excellence, Assistant Deputy of Planning and Organizational Excellence, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shahd KhanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Munirah A AlkathiriDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Omar A AlmohammedDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed BadoghaishDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Saeed M AlQahtaniDepartment of Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia.
Musaad A AlshammariDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed MohanyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal F AlamriBasic Sciences Department, College of Science and Health Professions (KSAU-HS), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Yazed AlRuthiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Faleh AlqahtaniDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAKing Khalid University · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAMinistry of Health · SAPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SAUniversity of Tabuk · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of different sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on the COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality rates have been studied extensively around the world; however, there is a dearth of data on the impact of different clinical and sociodemographic variables on the COVID-19-related outcomes in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to identify those at high risk of worse clinical outcomes, such as hospitalization and longer length of stay (LOS) among young and middle-aged adults (18 to 55 years). In this questionnaire-based cross-sectional study, 706 patients with real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed COVID-19 infection were interviewed. Patients' demographic characteristics, dietary habits, medical history, and lifestyle choices were collected through phone interviews. Patients with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, reported a higher rate of hospitalization, ICU admission, oxygen-support needs, and a longer period of recovery and LOS. Multiple logistic regression showed that diabetes, hypertension, and pulmonary disease

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CoronavirusCOVID-19DiabetesHypertensionSARS-CoV-2Saudi Arabia

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