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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