Survival Analysis of Covid 19 Patients from Two Hospitals in Cimahi, Indonesia

Abstract

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak is still evolving globally and remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). This study was conducted to find out the survival probability of patients suffering from covid after the patients were hospitalized for one month in Dustira hospital and RSUD Cibabat. The study design used retrospective cohort study, with data analysis using survival analysis employing life table and Kaplan Meier. From the clinical symptoms it was found that the most complaints were among others fever, cough, throat pain, throws up, and anosmia with 88,1%, 85,1%, 50,6%, 56,5% and 26,2 % respectively. Survival probability of males and females was 49% and 33% respectively. The covid patients with comorbid factors had a lower survival probability than those without comorbid ones. The covid patients hospitalized in Dustira Hospital and RSUD Cibabat were those showing the symptoms from the beginning of the disease, and the dead patients were those with comorbid factors. Hypertension is a factor that increases the risk of death in Covid 19 patients. Hypertensive patients are advised to keep control and take medication regularly to reduce the risk of death if infected Covid 19.