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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients managed under home-based care in Kapelebyong district in eastern Uganda

From: Characteristics, treatment outcomes and experiences of COVID-19 patients under home-based care in Kapelebyong district in Uganda: a mixed-methods study

Characteristic (n = 301)

Frequency (%)

Anybody in the household been sick in the last 30 days

Yes

206 (68.4)

No

95 (31.6)

Person suffered from (n = 206)

Malaria

123 (59.7)

Cough

57 (27.7)

Flue

36 (17.5)

Pneumonia

8 (3.9)

Others

41 (19.9)

Person sought medical advice

Yes

205 (99.5)

No

1 (0.5)

Place of seeking medical advice (n = 208)

Health facility

133 (63.9)

Clinic

95 (45.7)

From VHT

9 (95.7)

Others

2 (1.0)

Reasons for COVID-19 testing (n = 300)

Had signs of COVID-19

243 (81.0)

Family member had COVID-19

108 (36.0)

Was caring for a COVID-19 patient

9 (3.0)

Health worker told me to test

14 (4.7)

I just wanted to test

64 (21.3)

Others

35 (11.7)

Feeling after being told was COVID-19 positive (n = 300)

I thought I would die

143 (46.7)

Thought would be taken to the treatment center

21 (7.0)

Worried of what people would think

72 (24.0)

Thought would infect my family

104 (34.7)

Worried of family survival

64 (21.3)

Others

76 (25.3)

Co-morbidities

 

Hypertension

21(7.1)

Diabetes

3 (1.0)

Heart problems

2 (0.7)

Asthma

6 (2.0)

HIV/AIDS

13 (4.4)

SCD

1 (0.3)

Chronic liver disease

1 (0.3)

Pregnancy

4 (1.3)

COPD

1 (0.3)

Tuberculosis

2 (0.7)

Vaccinated

 

Yes

20 (6.8)

No

275 (93.2)

Vaccine doses received

 

One

12 (63.2)

Two

7 (36.8)

Duration of care

 

 < 2 weeks

178 (59.1)

3 to 4 weeks

103 (34.2)

 > 1 month

20 (6.6)

Health workers follow-up

Yes

123 (41.1)

No

176 (58.9)

Wealth tertile

Poorer

135 (44.9)

Middle

90 (29.9)

Richer

76 (25.2)