Predictive value of Primary Health Care Corporation's COVID-19 Triage questionnaire in identifying Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (rT-PCR) positive cases.
Background: Various screening tools have been proposed and studied for identifying COVID-19 rt-PCR positive cases in both primary and secondary care However, none of them has been questionnaire-based screening tools that could be used by primary care staff who are the first point of contact for a COVID 19 suspected individual in a health care system. Aim: The aim was to study the predictive value of Primary Health Care Corporations (PHCC) Triage Questionnaire in identifying patients with RT-PCR positive COVID-19 infection. Design and Setting: The study was conducted among patients who presented to primary health care centres in Qatar with a clinical presentation that could possibly be positive for the COVID-19 RT-PCR test. Method: It was a cross-sectional study done on data collected from patients presenting to a primary care health centre with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 infection. The visual triage questionnaire is completed and an oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swab was taken for COVID-19 rt-PCR test. Demographic data were collected and analysed. Results: 11234 (24.58%) of the total 45699 people who were tested during the study period tested positive on RT-PCR for COVID-19 and 34465 (75.42%), negative. There were no significant gender differences between these groups. The sensitivity of the questionnaire to detect COVID-19 RT-PCR positive patients was 42.89% and the specificity, 59.42%. On multivariate analysis male gender, age more than 40 years, fever and cough were positively.
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2021 |
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5 |
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International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports - 5(2021), 10, Seite 22-26 |
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Englisch ; Portugiesisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Prince Christopher Rajkumar Honest [VerfasserIn] |
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Covid-19 |
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