Table 2.
Patient, caregiver, and healthy volunteer demographics and characteristics
| Patient, caregiver, and healthy volunteer demographics | N = 31 |
|---|---|
| Type of participant, n (%) | |
| Patient | 24 (77.4) |
| Healthy volunteer | 4 (12.9) |
| Caregivera | 3 (9.7) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Female | 19 (61.2) |
| Male | 12 (38.7) |
| Age, mean (range) | 54.8 (23–76) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| Caucasian/white | 24 (77.4) |
| African American | 4 (12.9) |
| Mixed race | 2 (6.5) |
| Other | 1 (3.2) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| Hispanic | 3 (9.7) |
| Not Hispanic | 28 (90.3) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| High school degree or GED | 3 (9.7) |
| Some college | 9 (29.0) |
| Associate degree | 2 (6.5) |
| College degree | 7 (22.6) |
| Postgraduate degree | 10 (32.3) |
| Employment, n (%) | |
| Employed part-time | 5 (16.1) |
| Employed full-time | 18 (58.1) |
| Retired | 7 (22.6) |
| Other | 1 (3.2) |
| Patient characteristics | N = 24 |
| Patient-reported COVID-19 overall disease severity, n (%) | |
| Mild | 8 (33.3) |
| Moderate | 14 (58.3) |
| Severe | 2 (8.3) |
| Hospitalized due to COVID-19, n (%) | |
| Yes | 6 (25.0) |
| No | 18 (75.0) |
| Intubated | 1 (4.2) |
| Prescribed medications for COVID-19, n (%) | |
| Hydroxychloroquine | 4 (16.7) |
| Outpatient antibiotics | 3 (12.5) |
| Oseltamivir | 1 (4.2) |
| Pre-existing conditions, n (%) | |
| Obesity | 4 (16.7) |
| Asthma | 4 (16.7) |
| Hypertension | 3 (12.5) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 3 (12.5) |
| Heart disease | 2 (8.3) |
| Type 1 diabetes | 1 (4.2) |
aTwo of the caregivers were related to patients who participated in the study. Two caregivers also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2; although information regarding their symptoms was collected during the interviews, they are not included in the patient counts
Abbreviations: GED general educational development, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2