TY  - JOUR
KW  - long-COVID-19
KW  -  comorbidity
KW  -  diabetes
KW  -  cardiovascular disease
KW  -  Banglades
TI  - Prevalence and impact of long COVID-19 among patients with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh
N2  - Introduction: Co-prevalence of long-COVID-19, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes is one of the major health challenges of the pandemic worldwide. Studies on long-COVID-19 and associated health outcomes are absent in Bangladesh. The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and impact of long-COVID-19 on preexisting diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) on health outcomes among patients in Bangladesh.

Methods: We collected data from 3,250 participants in Bangladesh, retrospectively. Multivariable logistic regression model was used to determine the odds ratio between independent and dependent variables. Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to determine the cumulative survival.

Results: COVID-19 was detected among 73.4% (2,385 of 3,250) participants. Acute long-COVID-19 was detected among 28.4% (678 of 2,385) and chronic long-COVID-19 among 71.6% (1,707 of 2,385) patients. CVD and diabetes were found among 32%, and 24% patients, respectively. Mortality rate was 18% (585 of 3,250) among the participants. Co-prevalence of CVD, diabetes and COVID-19 was involved in majority of fatality (95%). Fever (97%), dry cough (87%) and loss of taste and smell (85%) were the most prevalent symptoms. Patients with co-prevalence of CVD, diabetes and COVID-19 had higher risk of fatality (OR: 3.65, 95% CI, 2.79?4.24). Co-prevalence of CVD, diabetes and chronic long-COVID-19 were detected among 11.9% patients.

Discussion: Risk of hospitalization and fatality reduced significantly among the vaccinated. This is one of the early studies on long-COVID-19 in Bangladesh.
VL  - 11
Y1  - 2023/10//
AV  - public
SN  - 2296-2565
UR  - http://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1222868
A1  - Sharif, Nadim
A1  - Sharif, Nazmul
A1  - Khan, Afsana
A1  - Halawani, Ibrahim F.
A1  - Alzahrani, Fuad M.
A1  - Alzahrani, Khalid J.
A1  - Díez, Isabel De la Torre
A1  - Ramírez-Vargas, Debora L.
A1  - Kuc Castilla, Ángel Gabriel
A1  - Parvez, Anowar Khasru
A1  - Dey, Shuvra Kanti
ID  - unic9478
JF  - Frontiers in Public Health
ER  -