COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use

Most COVID-19 cases are treated as outpatients, while the majority of studies on COVID-19 focus on inpatients. Little is known about the self-reporting and self-rating of the disease’s symptoms, and the associations of prophylactic use of dietary supplements with COVID-19 severity have not been addr...

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Autores principales:	Abdulateef Darya Saeed, Rahman Heshu Sulaiman, Salih Jamal Mahmood, Osman Sangar Mahmoud, Mahmood Trifa Abdalla, Omer Shirwan Hama Salih, Ahmed Rana Adnan
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	covid-19 symptoms severity vitamin d smoking online survey Medicine R
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/deebb553c4e6406ba9d8a868acc9aae7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:deebb553c4e6406ba9d8a868acc9aae72021-12-05T14:10:54ZCOVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use2391-546310.1515/med-2021-0273https://doaj.org/article/deebb553c4e6406ba9d8a868acc9aae72021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/med-2021-0273https://doaj.org/toc/2391-5463Most COVID-19 cases are treated as outpatients, while the majority of studies on COVID-19 focus on inpatients. Little is known about the self-reporting and self-rating of the disease’s symptoms, and the associations of prophylactic use of dietary supplements with COVID-19 severity have not been addressed. The aims of this study are to evaluate COVID-19 severity and to relate them to sociodemographic characteristics and prophylactic dietary supplements. An observational patient-based study conducted through an online questionnaire on recovered COVID-19 patients. The patients were assessed for several severity parameters, sociodemographic parameters, and prophylactic dietary supplement use. A total of 428 patients were evaluated. Age and presence of comorbidities had positive associations with the severity parameters. The severe infection group had the highest proportion of patients stressed about COVID-19 (P < 0.05). Cigarette, but not hookah, smoking was significantly associated with less severe symptoms. Vitamin D negatively predicted disease severity (P < 0.05). In conclusion, stress, age, and presence of comorbidities were the most important positive predictors of COVID-19 severity, while prophylactic vitamin D use and smoking were significant negative predictors. The use of protective measures and other prophylactic dietary supplements was not significantly associated with symptom severity.Abdulateef Darya SaeedRahman Heshu SulaimanSalih Jamal MahmoodOsman Sangar MahmoudMahmood Trifa AbdallaOmer Shirwan Hama SalihAhmed Rana AdnanDe Gruyterarticlecovid-19symptoms severityvitamin dsmokingonline surveyMedicineRENOpen Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 591-609 (2021)
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topic	covid-19 symptoms severity vitamin d smoking online survey Medicine R
spellingShingle	covid-19 symptoms severity vitamin d smoking online survey Medicine R Abdulateef Darya Saeed Rahman Heshu Sulaiman Salih Jamal Mahmood Osman Sangar Mahmoud Mahmood Trifa Abdalla Omer Shirwan Hama Salih Ahmed Rana Adnan COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use
description	Most COVID-19 cases are treated as outpatients, while the majority of studies on COVID-19 focus on inpatients. Little is known about the self-reporting and self-rating of the disease’s symptoms, and the associations of prophylactic use of dietary supplements with COVID-19 severity have not been addressed. The aims of this study are to evaluate COVID-19 severity and to relate them to sociodemographic characteristics and prophylactic dietary supplements. An observational patient-based study conducted through an online questionnaire on recovered COVID-19 patients. The patients were assessed for several severity parameters, sociodemographic parameters, and prophylactic dietary supplement use. A total of 428 patients were evaluated. Age and presence of comorbidities had positive associations with the severity parameters. The severe infection group had the highest proportion of patients stressed about COVID-19 (P < 0.05). Cigarette, but not hookah, smoking was significantly associated with less severe symptoms. Vitamin D negatively predicted disease severity (P < 0.05). In conclusion, stress, age, and presence of comorbidities were the most important positive predictors of COVID-19 severity, while prophylactic vitamin D use and smoking were significant negative predictors. The use of protective measures and other prophylactic dietary supplements was not significantly associated with symptom severity.
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author	Abdulateef Darya Saeed Rahman Heshu Sulaiman Salih Jamal Mahmood Osman Sangar Mahmoud Mahmood Trifa Abdalla Omer Shirwan Hama Salih Ahmed Rana Adnan
author_facet	Abdulateef Darya Saeed Rahman Heshu Sulaiman Salih Jamal Mahmood Osman Sangar Mahmoud Mahmood Trifa Abdalla Omer Shirwan Hama Salih Ahmed Rana Adnan
author_sort	Abdulateef Darya Saeed
title	COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use
title_short	COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use
title_full	COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use
title_fullStr	COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use
title_full_unstemmed	COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use
title_sort	covid-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin d use
publisher	De Gruyter
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/deebb553c4e6406ba9d8a868acc9aae7
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COVID-19 severity in relation to sociodemographics and vitamin D use

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