COVID-19 in Iran

Abstract

Background: Today, people all over the world are suffering from COVID-19 pandemic. Certainly, exploring the characteristics of the corona virus and making an effective vaccine are important efforts in preventing and controlling the disease. At the same time, it is necessary to conduct studies to identify high-risk groups and protect them against disease. Method: This study's research population was 281 people with fever, coughing, and respiratory disorder admitted to an educational hospital affiliated with the Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in the south of Iran. If RT-PCR test was positive, the patients were considered infected. Infected patients were hospitalized if they had impaired respiratory function. The main kinds of lifestyle information collected from patients were: physical activity data, emotional or spiritual status, tobacco/opium/alcohol use status, sleep, and nutritional data, comorbidity disease data. Multivariable OR (95% CI) regression tests were applied to detect the relation between some important lifestyle variables with the probability of infection by coronaviruses and hospitalization due to respiratory disorder findings. Results: it was identified that 22 from 28 covariates had significant associations with the risk of infection and hospitalization.