Table 1. Prevalence of symptoms in the three groups.
Symptoms are ordered as per the prevalence of appearance in the returned to ED, admitted group
ED: emergency department; SD: standard deviation
| Symptoms | Returned to ED and admitted (n=17) | Returned to ED, not admitted (n=12) | No return to ED (n=147) | P-value |
| Cough | 16 (94.1%) | 9 (75.0%) | 116 (78.9%) | 0.30 |
| Dyspnea | 15 (88.2%) | 9 (75.0%) | 79 (53.7%) | 0.01 |
| Diarrhea | 12 (77.6%) | 2 (16.7%) | 71 (48.3%) | 0.02 |
| Chills | 13 (76.5%) | 7 (58.3%) | 64 (43.5%) | 0.03 |
| Headache | 13 (76.5%) | 6 (50.0%) | 94 (63.9%) | 0.34 |
| Body aches | 11 (64.7%) | 8 (66.7%) | 98 (66.7%) | 0.99 |
| Dys-/anosmia or dys-/ageusia | 11 (64.7%) | 5 (41.7%) | 94 (63.9%) | 0.30 |
| Fever | 9 (52.9%) | 5 (41.7%) | 39 (26.5%) | 0.05 |
| Sore throat | 6 (35.3%) | 4 (33.3%) | 56 (38.1%) | 0.93 |
| Total number of symptoms, mean (SD) | 6.2 (1.9) | 4.6 (2.3) | 4.8 (2.2) | 0.04 |