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Table 2 Main symptoms referred during the disease and final diagnosis according to the need of being treated at the hospital or not

From: Characteristics of a COVID-19 confirmed case series in primary care (COVID-19-PC project): a cross‐sectional study

  Total (n = 499) % (CI 95%) Need of Hospital carea (n = 392) Didn´t require Hospital Care (n = 107) p value
Main Symptoms n(%)
 Anosmia 75 15.03 (13.7–16.4) 46 (12.8) 29 (29.6)  < 0.001
 Arthralgia/Myalgia 224 44.89 (5.7–91.6) 182 (50.3) 42 (42.0) 0.14
 Asthenia 222 44.49 (27.9–62.4) 188 (51.8) 34 (34.3) 0.002
 Diarrhoea 135 27.05 (11–52.8) 116 (32.0) 19 (19.2) 0.013
 Dyspnoea 270 54.11 (46.6–61.4) 245 (65.0) 25 (25.5)  < 0.001
 Chills 155 31.06 (9–67.3) 139 (38.7) 16 (16.7)  < 0.001
 Fever 388 77.76 (46.5–93.4) 331 (88.0) 57 (56.4)  < 0.001
 Hypogeusia 69 13.83 (10.4–18.2) 43 (12.0) 26 (26.5)  < 0.001
 Nausea /Vomiting 70 14.03 (4.1–38.4) 62 (17.4) 8 (8.1) 0.023
 Odynophagia 126 25.25 (14.8–39.7) 89 (24.9) 37 (37.0) 0.016
 Skin reactions 18 3.61 (0.1–59.4) 13 (3.6) 5 (5.1) 0.51
 Cough 389 77.96 (46.5–93.4) 314 (84.0) 75 (75.0) 0.038
Final Diagnosis n(%)
 Asymptomatic case 9 (1.8)   4 (1.0) 5 (4.7)  < 0.001
 Mild respiratory disease 120 (24)   22 (5.8) 98 (91.6)  
 Moderate respiratory disease 48 (9.6)   46 (12.0) 2 (1.9)  
 Non severe or unilateral Pneumonia 62 (12.4)   61 (16.0) 1 (0.9)  
 Bilateral Pneumonia 227 (45.5)   226 (59.2) 1 (0.9)  
 Acute Respiratory Distress 23 (4.6)   23 (6.0) 0 (0.0)  
Deceased n(%) 37 (7.4)   36 (9.2) 1 (0.9)  < 0.001
  1. aNeed of hospital care: includes Emergency Department and hospital inpatients