Epidemiological, clinical and imaging characteristics of female prisoners with definite COVID-19 in a prison in the southwest, Iran, 2020.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-11-24 DOI:10.1108/IJPH-03-2021-0027

Maryam Dastoorpoor, Narges Khodadadi, Seyed Hamid Borsi, Farkhondeh Jamshidi, Alireza Babaei Farsani, Mehrdad Noorzadeh

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Purpose: Prisoners are at greater risk of infectious diseases compared to the general population. While imprisoned, it is often difficult to observe Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) prevention strategies such as social distancing. To the authors' knowledge, no study has been conducted worldwide to examine the condition of female prisoners with COVID-19. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the epidemiological, clinical and imaging characteristics of prisoners with COVID-19 in Ahvaz Women's Prison (southwest, Iran).

Design/methodology/approach: The data for this descriptive cross-sectional study was collected using a checklist including epidemiological information, clinical symptoms, X-ray and computed tomography scan findings of the chest, underlying diseases and the final status of all female prisoners whose COVID-19 test was positive.

Findings: This study included 139 female prisoners with COVID-19 with a mean age of 37.19 ± 12.67 years. The most common underlying diseases were hypertension (14.4%), obesity (10.8%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (9.4%). The most common symptoms at the onset of the disease were myalgia (59.0%), cough (41.0%) and dyspnea (37.4%). The most common radiological symptoms were ground-glass opacity (12.9%) and atelectasis (7.2%). In terms of extension of involvement, both lungs were involved in 8.6% of patients. In terms of zonal involvement, the lower lobes were more involved (8.6%). In terms of involvement position, the most common was sub-pleural (10.1%). None of the patients died.

Originality/value: Because the incidence, morbidity and mortality rate of COVID-19 in the prison population are likely to differ from those of the public. This study sought to investigate the situation of prisoners with COVID-19 in Ahvaz Prison, Khuzestan Province. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first worldwide study in this regard in women's prisons.

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2020年伊朗西南部一所监狱确诊新冠肺炎女性囚犯的流行病学、临床和影像学特征

目的与普通人群相比，囚犯感染传染病的风险更大。在被监禁期间，通常很难遵守2019冠状病毒（新冠肺炎）的预防策略，如保持社交距离。据作者所知，世界范围内尚未对新冠肺炎女性囚犯的状况进行研究。因此，本研究旨在调查伊朗西南部阿瓦兹女子监狱新冠肺炎囚犯的流行病学、临床和影像学特征。设计/方法/方法使用检查表收集本描述性横断面研究的数据，包括流行病学信息、临床症状、胸部X射线和计算机断层扫描结果、潜在疾病以及新冠肺炎检测呈阳性的所有女性囚犯的最终状况。研究结果这项研究包括139名患有新冠肺炎的女性囚犯，平均年龄为37.19±12.67岁。最常见的基础疾病是高血压（14.4%）、肥胖（10.8%）和慢性阻塞性肺病（9.4%）。发病时最常见的症状是肌痛（59.0%）、咳嗽（41.0%）和呼吸困难（37.4%）。最常见的放射学症状是磨玻璃样混浊（12.9%）和肺不张（7.2%），8.6%的患者双肺受累。在区域受累方面，下叶受累较多（8.6%）。在受累位置方面，最常见的是胸膜下（10.1%）。没有患者死亡。原创/价值因为监狱人口中新冠肺炎的发病率、发病率和死亡率可能与公众不同。本研究旨在调查胡齐斯坦省阿瓦兹监狱新冠肺炎囚犯的情况。据作者所知，这是世界范围内首次对女子监狱进行这方面的研究。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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312

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2 months

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