Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and vulnerability to COVID-19: The case of adult patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in Gamo, Gofa, and South Omo zones in Southern Ethiopia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 1; p. e0262642
• Main Authors: Bojola, Fikre, Taye, Wondimagegn, Samuel, Habtamu, Mulatu, Bahiru, Kawza, Aknaw, Mekuria, Aleme
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Care and treatment; Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data; Complications and side effects; Confidence intervals; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - psychology; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Dimensional analysis; Earth Sciences; Ethiopia; Fatalities; Female; Fever; Health behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health literacy; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Income; Independent variables; Infection control; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pandemics; People and Places; Public health; Random sampling; Regression analysis; Sampling techniques; Social Sciences; Statistical analysis; Statistical sampling; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Viral diseases; Viruses; Ethiopia; China; Addis Ababa Ethiopia

A growing body of evidence demonstrating that individuals with Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) are more likely to have severe forms of COVID-19 and subsequent mortality. Hence, our study aimed to assess the knowledge of vulnerability and preventive practices towards COVID-19 among patients with hyper...