scholarly journals Incubation period of COVID-19: analysis of COVID-19 cases admitted in a tertiary care center, northern district of Kerala, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2451
Author(s):  
Anitha Subhadra Saraswathy ◽  
Rameela Sanya ◽  
Jayasree Anandabhavan Kumaran
Keyword(s):  
Incubation Period ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Northern District ◽  
Imported Cases ◽  
Local Transmission ◽  
Gender Type

Background: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) started as pneumonia of unknown cause detected first in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread as a pandemic affecting more than 200 countries worldwide. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough, breathing difficulty and tiredness. The median incubation period is about 5 days as per current understanding. The present study was done to estimate the median incubation period of COVID-19 cases admitted in a tertiary care center in north Kerala.Methods: This cross-sectional study included COVID-19 cases admitted in a tertiary care center during three months study period.Results: The median incubation period of COVID-19 was estimated to be 4 days (interquartile range 7). It was also found that females, those persons with comorbidities and those who got infected by local transmission had a longer mean incubation period compared to males, those without comorbidities and imported cases, respectively.Conclusions: The median incubation period of COVID 19 was estimated to be 4 days. Factors like presence of comorbidities, gender, type of transmission were found to affect incubation period, but further studies are needed to have a thorough understanding.

Life-Limiting Conditions at a University Pediatric Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie Bösch ◽  
Julia Wager ◽  
Boris Zernikow ◽  
Ralf Thalemann ◽  
Heidi Frenzel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and experiences of menopause in the postmenopausal women at a tertiary care center: a cross sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 4758
Author(s):  
Shivraj More ◽  
Sujatha P. ◽  
Karthiga Karthiga
Keyword(s):  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Government

Background: Menopause is an inevitable milestone in the reproductive life of every woman. The objective is to investigate menopausal knowledge, attitude, symptoms and management among the participants, to identify the differences according to their educational status and to examine correlations of knowledge, attitude and symptoms pertaining to menopause.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 10 months in postmenopausal women attending a tertiary care center in Pondicherry, India with a structured questionnaire developed on the basis of the objective of the study.Results: 330 postmenopausal women were recruited, and all were aware of their postmenopausal status. Mean age at menopause was 45.91±2.66 years. 54.5% were aware about what menopause was while 5.5% were unaware. 12.1% had proper knowledge about cause of menopause, whereas 3.6% said it is due to god’s decision / turning point. Most prevalent symptoms were tiredness (89.6%) followed by vasomotor symptoms like hot flushes (88.5%) and night sweats (80.3%). Only 2.1% had used HRT for menopausal symptoms.Conclusions: Depth of knowledge is more important when concern is about greater health disrupter which tends to be imperceptible for a long time such as bone health and cardiovascular risk profile. Thus, the government could concentrate on providing health services to women in post reproductive age group also besides women in the reproductive age.

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