[Lifestyle factors and medical activity of patients with COVID-19 treated on an outpatient basis using telemedicine technologies].

UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to study the factorial conditionality of the state of health and the features of medical activity (MA) of patients with COVID-19 who were treated on an outpatient basis using telemedicine technologies.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

The study of lifestyle factors (LS) and MA was conducted by an anonymous survey of 7,743 patients with COVID-19. The patients' health was assessed based on the study of the course of the underlying disease and the presence of concomitant diseases, which were detected in 24.3% of COVID-19 patients according to the data of copying information from medical records.

RESULTS

It was revealed that the prevalence of tobacco smoking was 33.25 cases per 100 respondents, 45.4% of respondents were overweight, 75.6% of patients had a low level of physical activity, 68.2% and 53.8% of patients had low medical literacy and MA, respectively. It is established that the greatest impact on the health status of the patients interviewed was provided by the bio-social activity (Smoking) (h = 0.702; m = 0.0063; p = 0.0022), physical activity (h = 0.624; m = 0.0026; p < 0.001, health behavior (h = 0.527; m = 0.0030; p < 0.001) and health literacy (h = 0.532; m = 0.0028; p < 0.001).

CONCLUSION

The studied risk factors affecting the health status of COVID-19 patients, most of which are manageable, should be taken into account when forming therapeutic and preventive measures.