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Comparison of outcomes between vaccinated versus non-vaccinated COVID-19 patients
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences ; 15(9), 2021.
Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1535222
ABSTRACT

Objective:

To compare the outcomes in term of hospital stay and mortality between vaccinated and nonvaccinated covid-19 patients. Study

Design:

Prospective/Observational Place and Duration The study was conducted at Medicine department of Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi and Pak International Medical College Hayatabad Peshawar for six months duration from December 2020 to May 2021.

Methodology:

One hundred ten patients of either gender with covid-19 disease were enrolled. All the patients were confirmed with RT PCR. Patients were randomly divided in to two groups. Group I (vaccinated) comprised of 45 patients and group II (non-vaccinated) comprised of 65 patients. Severity of disease, hospital stay and mortality were compared between both groups. Data was analyzed by SPSS 24.0.

Results:

There were 74 (67.27%) males while 36 (32.73%) patients were females. Mean age of patients was 50.54±12.76 years. Mean BMI was 26.23±2.44 kg/m2. 10 (22.22%) patients in vaccinated group and 40 (61.54%) in nonvaccinated group had severe covid-19 disease, a significant difference was observed regarding severity of disease between both groups with p-value <0.05. Mortality rate and hospital stay were also high in nonvaccinated patients as compared to vaccinated (p-value <0.05).

Conclusion:

It is concluded that non-vaccinated patients of covid-19 had prolonged hospital stay and high rate of severity of disease and mortality as compared to vaccinated patients.

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Topics: Vaccines Language: English Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Topics: Vaccines Language: English Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences Year: 2021 Document Type: Article