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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Rapid response nursing triage outcomes for COVID-19: factors associated with patient’s participation in triage recommendations

 

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Total

(n = 1769)

(n = 2887)

(n = 3250)

(n = 1943)

(N = 9849)

Demographic

Age, mean (SD)

49.67 (19.85)

46.33 (20.90)

43.12 (20.78)

44.04 (22.35)

45.42 (21.10)

Sex

Male

709 (40.1%)

1123 (38.8%)

1274 (39.1%)

785 (40.3%)

3891 (39.5%)

Female

1059 (59.9%)

1770 (61.2%)

1978 (60.9%)

1163 (59.7%)

5970 (60.5%)

Comorbidity

Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD)

0.99 (1.37)

0.82 (1.35)

0.61 (1.14)

0.72 (1.24)

0.76 (1.27)

Obesity (Yes)

398 (24.0%)

580 (22.1%)

579 (19.5%)

409 (23.2%)

1966 (21.8%)

Health behaviors (Yes/No)

Smoking (Yes)

563 (33.2%)

819 (30.1%)

849 (28.2%)

539 (30.3%)

2770 (30.1%)

Drinking (Yes)

965 (61.2%)

1623 (66.0%)

1933 (70.7%)

992 (63.2%)

5513 (66.1%)

Illicit drug use (Yes)

331 (21.4%)

574 (24.1%)

689 (25.8%)

344 (22.5%)

1938 (23.8%)

Symptoms (Yes/No)

Fever (Yes)

267 (15.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

267 (2.7%)

Unexplained muscle aches (Yes)

387 (21.9%)

632 (21.9%)

481 (14.8%)

257 (13.2%)

1757 (17.8%)

ENT (Yes)

99 (5.6%)

152 (5.3%)

120 (3.7%)

76 (3.9%)

447 (4.5%)

Eye symptom (Yes)

40 (2.3%)

72 (2.5%)

63 (1.9%)

35 (1.8%)

210 (2.1%)

Respirator symptom (Yes)

831 (47.0%)

840 (29.1%)

809 (24.9%)

474 (24.4%)

2954 (30.0%)

URI symptom (Yes)

804 (45.5%)

1192 (41.3%)

1128 (34.7%)

583 (30.0%)

3707 (37.6%)

GI symptom (Yes)

329 (18.6%)

403 (14.0%)

350 (10.8%)

196 (10.1%)

1278 (13.0%)

Altered mental (Yes)

5 (0.3%)

8 (0.3%)

5 (0.2%)

3 (0.2%)

21 (0.2%)

  1. Phase 1: 14 March 2020–6 June 2020. Phase 2: 17 June 2020–16 September 2020. Phase 3: 17 September 2020–16 December 2020. Phase 4: 17 December 2020–16 March 2021