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dc.contributor.author | Crankson, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pokhrel, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Anokye, NK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-14T14:40:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-14T14:40:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-01-04 | - |
dc.identifier | 527 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Crankson, S., Pokhrel, S. and Anokye, N. K. (2022) ‘Determinants of COVID-19-Related Length of Hospital Stays and Long COVID in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 527, pp. 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010527. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/23944 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Objectives: There is paucity of data on determinants of length of COVID-19 admissions and long COVID, an emerging long-term sequel of COVID-19, in Ghana. Therefore, this study identified these determinants and discussed their policy implications. Method: Data of 2334 patients seen at the main COVID-19 treatment centre in Ghana were analysed in this study. Their characteristics, such as age, education level and comorbidities, were examined as explanatory variables. The dependent variables were length of COVID-19 hospitalisations and long COVID. Negative binomial and binary logistic regressions were fitted to investigate the determinants. Result: The regression analyses showed that, on average, COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus spent almost 2 days longer in hospital (p = 0.00, 95% CI = 1.42–2.33) and had 4 times the odds of long COVID (95% CI = 1.61–10.85, p = 0.003) compared to those with no comorbidities. In addition, the odds of long COVID decreased with increasing patient’s education level (primary OR = 0.73, p = 0.02; secondary/vocational OR = 0.26, p = 0.02; tertiary education OR = 0.23, p = 0.12). Conclusion: The presence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus determined both length of hospitalisation and long COVID among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana. COVID-19 prevention and management policies should therefore consider these factors. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1 - 11 | - |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | - |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.subject | Long COVID | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Hospitalisation | en_US |
dc.subject | Determinants | en_US |
dc.subject | Ghana | en_US |
dc.title | Determinants of COVID-19-Related Length of Hospital Stays and Long COVID in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010527 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | - |
pubs.issue | 1 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1660-4601 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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