Ombajo LA, Mutono N, Sudi P, Mutua M, Sood M, Loo, AM, Juma P, Odhiambo J, Shah R, Wangai F, Maritim M, Anzala O, Amoth P, Kamuri E, Munyu W, SM Thumbi (2022). Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open 12(5). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049949
Abstract
Objectives To assess outcomes of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and to determine the predictors of mortality.
Setting This study was conducted in six facilities, which included both government and privately run secondary and tertiary level facilities in the central and coastal regions of Kenya.
Participants We enrolled 787 reverse transcriptase-PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV2-infected persons. Patients whose records could not be accessed were excluded.
Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was COVID-19-related death. We used Cox proportional hazards regressions to determine factors related to in-hospital mortality.