Correlation between Comorbidities and Mortality of Covid-19 Patients in the Isolation Room of the University of North Sumatra Hospital

Abstract

COVID-19 is still a pandemic and a global health problem. Previous studies have found that several comorbidities have an effect on the mortality of COVID-19 patients, but the extent to which these comorbids specifically have an impact on mortality is still being debated. This study aims to examine the extent to which comorbidities affect. This research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional design using data from the medical records of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were treated in the isolation room at the University of North Sumatra General Hospital (USU) from April 2020 to October 2021. Data analysis used logistic regression to ddetermining the relationship between comorbidities and mortality and the factors that influence it. Analysis of the relationship between comorbidities and mortality used bivariate analysis and was considered significant if the P value <0.05, then followed by a multivariate analysis of comorbidities with a p>0.25 to determine the factors that influence this relationship. This study found that comorbidities that had an effect on mortality were renal failure with malignancy, this was different from previous studies. However, this study has differences because it examines the factors that can influence this relationship.