Table 3.
Patients’ perception of prevention of transmission of COVID-19 stratified by patient characteristicsa
| Do you feel that the use of AHHC medical services has helped prevent transmission of COVID-19? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | p | |||
| (n = 1604) (89.0%) |
(n = 198) (11.0%) |
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| Age (years), n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
| 0–15 | 577 | (93.4) | 41 | (6.6) | |
| 16–64 | 839 | (86.5) | 131 | (13.5) | |
| 65–74 | 71 | (82.6) | 15 | (17.4) | |
| > 74 | 117 | (91.4) | 11 | (8.6) | |
| Diagnosis category, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 304 | (87.9) | 42 | (12.1) | |
| Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases | 15 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Mental and behavioral disorders | 6 | (75.0) | 2 | (25.0) | |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 25 | (80.6) | 6 | (19.4) | |
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 28 | (90.3) | 3 | (9.7) | |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 15 | (88.2) | 2 | (11.8) | |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 912 | (92.6) | 73 | (7.4) | |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 63 | (81.8) | 14 | (18.2) | |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 31 | (79.5) | 8 | (20.5) | |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 35 | (68.6) | 16 | (31.4) | |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 56 | (87.5) | 8 | (12.5) | |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 49 | (79.0) | 13 | (21.0) | |
| Injury, poisoning, and other certain consequences of external causes | 59 | (85.5) | 10 | (14.5) | |
| Other | 6 | (85.7) | 1 | (14.3) | |
| Symptom severity, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
| Mild | 898 | (91.6) | 82 | (8.4) | |
| Moderate | 680 | (86.7) | 104 | (13.3) | |
| Severe | 26 | (68.4) | 12 | (31.6) | |
| Personal protective equipment used | 895 | (92.7) | 70 | (7.3) | < 0.001 |
| Diagnostic tools for COVID-19 used | 439 | (97.3) | 12 | (2.7) | < 0.001 |
| Time of medical examination (minutes), mean (SD) | 30.1 | (14.3) | 27.2 | (12.3) | 0.007 |
| Time of medical examination (minutes), n (%) | 0.028 | ||||
| < 15 | 234 | (84.8) | 42 | (15.2) | |
| 16–25 | 554 | (88.6) | 71 | (11.4) | |
| ≥ 26 | 816 | (90.6) | 85 | (9.4) | |
aStatistically significant variables are shown
Abbreviations: AHHC after hour house call; COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ED emergency department, SD standard deviation