CORRELATION BETWEEN GENDER, COMORBID HEART ILLNESS AND DIABETES MELLITUS TOWARD COVID-19 PATIENTS WITH THE RISK OF DEATH AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SUKADANA 2021
Abstract
There are 10.789.441 cases of positive Covid-19 in the world and 4,860,500 deaths. On July 28th, 2021, the Indonesian government reported 3.287.727 confirmed cases of Covid-19, 88.659 deaths. The number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in Lampung Province on July 28th, 2021, there were 34.089 cases and 2076 deaths. In East Lampung, the number of confirmed cases was 3.675 cases and 242 cases died. The research objective was to determine the correlation between gender, comorbid heart disease and diabetes mellitus toward Covid-19 patients with the risk of death at Regional Hospital of Sukadana 2021. This type of research was quantitative and it used retrospective cohort approach. The population of all Covid-19 patients who were treated at the regional hospital of Sukadana, East Lampung Regency in 2020-2021, while the samples taken were 170 people. Collecting data used secondary data, namely medical record data for Covid-19 patients in 2020-2021, measuring instruments in the form of a check list, measuring methods by observation and statistical tests used the chi square test in a retrospective cohort design. The results showed that there was a correlation between gender (p: 0.020), comorbid heart disease (p: 0.016) and comorbid diabetes mellitus (p: 0.000) in Covid-19 patients with the risk of death in regional hospital of Sukadana 2021. It is also known that the male gender, diagnosed with heart and diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for death in covid-19 patients at regional hospital of Sukadana 2021. Suggestions to the government and community services to continue for monitoring and evaluate patients who have been declared negative for Covid-19.
