Gender and age factors in COVID-19 patients in Punjab, Pakistan; A cohort study

Sharif, N. Mohammad; Bukhari, Naeem; Yousfani, Zubair Ahmed; Saleem, Afshan; Arif, Amina; Abbas, Hazrat; Khan, Muhammad Azmat Ullah

doi:10.35975/apic.v24i4.1316

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“…Studies conducted in Pakistan by Abid et al and Sharif et al also showed the most commonly affected age group to be 20-39 years and 16-45 years, respectively. 5,16 In India, the most common age group affected was 21-40 years which conforms with our findings. 17 The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing the disparity of gender in COVID-19 vulnerability, emphasizing the need to understand better the impact of gender on the incidence and case fatality of the disease.…”

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“…A study conducted in the Punjab province showed similar findings. 16 A study by Shi et al in China also reported more male cases (53.2%) than females (46.8%). 18 The current study shows positivity of 74.9% among patients with a clinical history of Covid-19 infection, 44% positivity among asymptomatic cases with a history of contact with Covid-19 patients, and 16.3% in asymptomatic cases with no history of exposure.…”

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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 Antibodies among Patients and Healthy Individuals of Lahore

Cheema

Anwar²,

Hameed³

et al. 2023

PAFMJ

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Objective: To determine the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 antibodies in patients and healthy individuals presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Pathology Department of Surayya Azeem Hospital, Lahore Pakistan, from May to Jul 2020. Methodology: The study included clinically suspected patients of COVID-19 referred by clinicians and healthy individuals presenting to the hospital for the SARS-CoV-2 antibody test, irrespective of age and gender. Results: The SARS-CoV-2 antibody positivity was 704(59.4%) in our study. Out of 1184 individuals tested, 690 patients had a positive clinical history of COVID-19 infection, and 517(74.9%) were positive for COVID-19 antibodies. Out of 494 asymptomatic healthy individuals, positivity for COVID-19 antibodies was 187(37.8%). It was observed that positivity was significantly higher 169(44.0%) in contacts of COVID-19 infection patients compared to asymptomatic healthy individuals 18(16.3%). Conclusion: Our study shows that the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the general public in Pakistan has greatly increased.

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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 Antibodies among Patients and Healthy Individuals of Lahore

Cheema

Anwar²,

Hameed³

et al. 2023

PAFMJ

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“…Socio-demographic analyses showed that the majority of the survivors were males which is in line with literature (Sharif et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2020;Shehryar et al, 2020). In Pakistani society, men being the breadwinner of the family and have the responsibility to go out and work in order to support the family; hence they are more exposed to the virus whereas, females having the role of a homemaker are not directly exposed.…”

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The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Psychological Distress on Quality of Life of COVID-19 Survivors

Masha Asad Khan*,

Hafiza Ayesha Siddiqa,

Zara Haroon

2022

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This study aims to examine the relationship of posttraumatic stress symptoms, psychologicaldistress, and quality of life in Covid-19 survivors. Participants were N=120 Corona survivors(MA = 29.03; SD = 10), where 56.7 % were males and 43.3% were females from Lahore,Pakistan. The sample was collected using purposive and convenience sampling technique. Inorder to gather data, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) (Lovibond & Lovibond,1996), PTSD Checklist for DSM-5(PSL-5) (Weather et al., 2013), World Health OrganizationsQuality of Life (WHOQOL) BREF (Whoqol Group, 1998) and Demographic form wereadministered. Correlation research design was employed. Data was analyzed using PearsonProduct Moment Coefficient of Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression. Results indicatedmoderate to severe levels of depression, anxiety and distress symptoms with significant scores of53.3%, 56.6% and 39.1% respectively. Moreover, common symptoms reported by survivorsincluded fever (68.3%), dry cough (54.2%), headache (49.2%), loss of sense of smell (39.2%)and taste (37.5%). Results revealed a significant relation between the study variables, whereaspsychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms significantly predicted lower qualityof life. The findings of the present study have implications for psychologists, psychiatrists,mental health professionals and social workers the results also provide concrete bases in formingand implementing mental health intervention policies to cope with post Covid-19 challengeseffectively. The psychological interventions and mental health strategies provide psychologicalsupport and guidance that will contribute to mental health well-being, and improve the quality oflife and coping strategies.

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“…Most of the researchers are monitoring the gender-wise and age-wise positivity rate but it's calculated on the basis of the number of positive cases. 7 The data of positivity rate in pursuance of gender-wise and age-wise samples collected are still lacking. In the present study, the sample positivity rate of SARS-CoV-2 was found the malebiased, and maximum case of SARS-CoV-2 were encountered in the working-age group (between the age of 19 to 50 years), the results of the study are in accordance to the previous studies.…”

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“…In the present study, the sample positivity rate of SARS-CoV-2 was found the malebiased, and maximum case of SARS-CoV-2 were encountered in the working-age group (between the age of 19 to 50 years), the results of the study are in accordance to the previous studies. 3,7 This variation might be due following cause 1) due to single-gender (male) migration in the UT and 2) The working-age group more exposure to infection and 3) It due to inequality in the sample tested in the different age group. But when we analyzed on the basis of, how many samples collected from particular gender or age group than the scenario of sample positivity rate are quite different, the positivity rate in females was found greater than male and the maximum positivity was noted in the age group of more than 50 years.…”

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Analysis of the risk factors in SARS-CoV-2: gender and age

Sanghai¹,

Khan²,

Zala³

et al. 2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Age and gender are key indicators of health to understand the extent to which outbreaks affect a specific age group or gender. Therefore, the present study was conducted to know whether gender equality in SARS-CoV-2 infections prevails across different age groups in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district of the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India. The secondary data were collected up to 21st September 2020 through public health surveillance activities undertaken by, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, UT of the Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu. Till date, a total of 37.89 thousand samples were tested for detection of SARS-CoV-2. Only 1429 (3.76%) samples were found positive for SARS-CoV-2. Out of total positive cases, 71.38% were male and 28.62 % were female. The maximum case was encountered in the working-age group (between 19 to 50 years). However, the highest positivity rate (8.5%) was encountered in the age group of more than 50 years.

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Gender and age factors in COVID-19 patients in Punjab, Pakistan; A cohort study

Abstract: Since COVID-19 outbreak, and the first confirmed case in Pakistan, Pakistani government, media and health departments made significant efforts to ensure that the people stay at homes to avoid massive spread of COVID-19.

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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 Antibodies among Patients and Healthy Individuals of Lahore

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 Antibodies among Patients and Healthy Individuals of Lahore

The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Psychological Distress on Quality of Life of COVID-19 Survivors

Analysis of the risk factors in SARS-CoV-2: gender and age

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