Table II.
Detailed symptomatology in healthcare workers with coronavirus disease 2019 confirmed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
| Symptom | Time of interview |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease onset (N=72) | Day 2 (N=72) | Day 7 (N=71) | Day 14 (N=71) | Day 21 (N=71) | |
| Respiratory symptoms | |||||
| Coughing | 22 (30.6) | 39 (54.9) | 27 (38.0) | 12 (16.9) | 9 (12.7) |
| Pharyngitis | 21 (29.2) | 19 (26.8) | 7 (9.9) | 6 (8.5) | 3 (4.2) |
| Dyspnoea | 7 (9.7) | 11 (15.5) | 11 (15.5) | 5 (7.0) | 9 (12.7) |
| Rhinitis | 30 (41.7) | 48 (67.6) | 29 (40.8) | 11 (15.5) | 8 (11.3) |
| Gastrointestinal symptoms | |||||
| Abdominal pain | 4 (5.6) | 7 (9.9) | 3 (4.2) | 2 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Diarrhoea | 7 (9.7) | 8 (11.1) | 2 (2.8) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) |
| Nausea | 3 (4.2) | 7 (9.9) | 2 (2.8) | 2 (2.8) | 3 (4.2) |
| Vomiting | 1 (1.4) | 3 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Anorexia | 12 (16.7) | 26 (36.6) | 20 (28.2) | 5 (7.0) | 4 (5.6) |
| Other symptoms | |||||
| Fever | 13 (18.1) | 18 (25.4) | 4 (5.6) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Myalgia | 19 (26.4) | 23 (32.4) | 9 (12.7) | 3 (4.2) | 3 (4.2) |
| Headache | 37 (51.4) | 39 (54.9) | 16 (22.5) | 12 (16.9) | 9 (12.7) |
| Fatigue | 32 (44.4) | 49 (69.0) | 35 (49.3) | 22 (31.0) | 18 (25.4) |
| Anosmia or dysgeusia | 13 (18.9) | 25 (35.2) | 36 (50.7) | 22 (31.0) | 17 (23.9) |
| No symptoms experienced | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (21.1) | 36 (50.7) | 40 (56.3) |