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- Title
The Impact of Age and Gender and Their Association with Chemosensory Dysfunction, in Hospitalized and Self-Quarantine Patients with Covid-19 Infection, in Epirus, Greece.
- Authors
ZARACHI, Athina; PEZOULAS, Vasileios; MILIONIS, Orestis; LIANOU, Aikaterini N.; KLOURAS, Eleutherios; KOMNOS, Ioannis; FOTIADIS, Dimitrios; KASTANIOUDAKIS, Ioannis; MILIONIS, Charalampos; LIONTOS, Angelos
- Abstract
Objectives: Background: Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction that relates with the infection from severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has already improved. The relation between chemosensory dysfunction and age and gender in covid-19 positive patients is the main objective of the present study. Methods: We used a questionnaire to select information about medical history, patient demographics and reported symptoms during infection. Three hundred covid-19 positive patients, who underwent a RT-PCR test in the University Hospital of Ioannina, Grecce, were included in this study; 150 of them recovered at home and the remaining 150 were admitted to hospital. Statistical analysis based on ΙBM-SPSS Statistics 26.0 was done. Results: The total sample included 300 patients, of which 106 females and 194 males. There was a statistically significant difference between the subgroup of patients aged 21-25, 61-65 and 71-75 with loss of smell, that of hospitalized patients aged 41-45 with loss of smell and the subgroup of those aged 31-35 and 71-75 with loss of taste. Conclusion: There is a significant association between chemosensory dysfunction and younger age groups. Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction appears more frequently in women than men. Male gender relates with disease severity.
- Subjects
EPIRUS (Greece &; Albania); GREECE; IOANNINA (Greece); COVID-19; SEX factors in disease; TASTE disorders; HOSPITAL patients; AGE groups; GENDER
- Publication
Maedica - a Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
1841-9038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26574/maedica.2022.17.1.28