Factors Affecting the Outcomes of COVID-19 in Diabetes Patients at Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan, Indonesia.

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is a virulent viral infection by SARS-CoV-2 which caused pandemic and high mortality. One of the numerous risk factors for worse clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients is the presence of comorbidity. Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease frequently in COVID-19 patients. Insulin resistance, causes chronic inflammation in the body, may aggravate the clinical outcome COVID-19 patients.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine factors that impact clinical outcomes in COVID-19 T2DM patients.

Methods: The method used an analytical method with cross sectional design. Population is inpatients in Haji Adam Malik Hospital diagnosed with COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 with 99 inpatients as sample. The data used are secondary data obtained through medical records from a hospital covering patients characteristics and laboratory result The data was analyzed using t-independent and chi square test with SPSS program.

Results: Clinical outcomes for 99 patients are 60 patients are cured and 39 patients are dead. analytical study found a significant correlation between factors impacting clinical outcomes on COVID-19 patients with T2DM that are HbA1c level, D-dimer, cholesterol total and COVID-19 degree of severity and the clinical outcomes (p<0,05).

Conclusion: HbA1c level, D-dimer, total cholesterol and the infection degree of severity affects the clinical outcomes on COVID-19 with T2DM (p<0,05).