Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants
From: Post-COVID depression among a sample of Egyptian patients and its associated factors
N | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 20–34 | 41 | 40.2 |
35–55 | 48 | 47.1 | |
More than 55 | 13 | 12.7 | |
Gender | Male | 40 | 39.2 |
Female | 62 | 60.8 | |
Education level | High education | 76 | 74.5 |
Secondary education | 22 | 21.6 | |
Below secondary education | 4 | 3.9 | |
Smoking | Yes | 25 | 24.5 |
No | 77 | 75.5 | |
The most annoying symptom | Fever | 33 | 32.4 |
Body pains | 21 | 20.6 | |
Diarrhoea | 3 | 2.9 | |
Loss of smell | 8 | 7.8 | |
Loss of taste | 1 | 1.0 | |
Dyspnoea | 18 | 17.6 | |
Cough | 18 | 17.6 | |
Co-morbidities | Asthma | 9 | 8.8 |
COPD | 3 | 2.9 | |
HTN | 2 | 2.0 | |
DM | 7 | 6.9 | |
Renal disease | 8 | 7.8 | |
Cardiac disease | 11 | 10.8 | |
Others | 16 | 15.7 | |
No co-morbidity | 46 | 45.1 | |
Steroid use | Yes | 55 | 53.9 |
No | 47 | 46.1 | |
O2 saturation | 92, 93% | 20 | 19.6 |
94, 95% | 31 | 30.4 | |
More than 95% | 51 | 50.0 | |
mMRC dyspnoea score | Grade 1 | 34 | 33.3 |
Grade 2 | 46 | 45.1 | |
Grade 3 | 11 | 10.8 | |
Grade 4 | 11 | 10.8 | |