RT Journal Article
T1 [Assessment and follow-up of patients with suspected COVID-19 in the first pandemic wave in an urban area of Andalusia (Spain)].
T2 Valoración y seguimiento de los pacientes con sospecha de COVID-19 en la primera ola pandémica en una zona urbana de Andalucía.
A1 Pérez-Milena, Alejandro
A1 Leyva-Alarcón, Ana
A1 Barquero-Padilla, Raquel M
A1 Peña-Arredondo, Melody
A1 Navarrete-Espinosa, Cristóbal
A1 Rosa-Garrido, Carmen
K1 Atención primaria de salud
K1 COVID-19
K1 Emergency medical Services
K1 Health services need and demand
K1 Necesidades y demandas de servicios de salud
K1 Pandemias
K1 Pandemics
K1 Primary health care
K1 Servicios médicos de urgencia
K1 Telemedicina
K1 Telemedicine
AB To know the characteristics of the initial care and telephone follow-up of patients with suspected COVID-19 in the first wave of the pandemic. Observational, retrospective (audit of medical records). Urban Primary Care Center of Andalusia (Spain). Probable cases of SARS-CoV-2 (from 20/03/15 to 20/06/15). Initial medical assessment (place and modality) and telephone follow-up (number of calls and duration). Sociodemographic variables (including family structure). Clinical course (symptoms, vulnerability, tests, hospital admission and outcome). Three hundred one patients (51.5±17.8 years; 23% vulnerable people; 17% non-nuclear family structure). First assessment in Primary Care by phone (59.8%) and face-to-face (25.2%). At the hospital emergency department (11%), patients were more frequently from non-nuclear families (P Population chose to be attended in Primary Care during the pandemic first wave, above all by phone. Telephone follow-up was well accepted and useful to select patients with serious complications. Initial medical assessment in the hospital emergency department was related to a lack of social support but not with greater clinical severity.
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-16
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21971
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21971
LA es
DS RISalud
RD Apr 7, 2025