| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Background and Aim: This study aims to design and evaluate vision triage for screening patients with coronavirus according to the patient’s conditions for hospitalization or discharge of patients with COVID-19.
Materials and Methods: This study measured the tool’s value for the clinical triage of COVID-19 patients. In this form, the patient’s symptoms, underlying disease, contact with the COVID-19 patient in the last two weeks, and contact with healthcare personnel were evaluated. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was based on a positive real-time transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. We calculated the triage score for each patient based on the clinical form that uses signs and symptoms. In the next step, the sensitivity and specificity of the scored scale were analyzed.
Results: Out of 57 patients who had a negative scoring system, 15 patients (7.5%) had a positive test, and out of 143 patients for whom the scoring system reported a high number, 116 patients (58%) had a positive test. This scoring system’s sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated as 88.5%, 60.8%, 81.1% and 73.6%, respectively.
Conclusion: This triage tool will be helpful in better management of patients with COVID-19. This system included clinical findings with high diagnostic accuracy. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
| Javad Khodadadi
Department of Infectious Diseases, Kamkar-Arabnia Medical Education Center, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
| Mostafa Vahidian
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Spiritual Health Research Center, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
| Amir Hossein Safai Moghadam
School of Medicine, Groningen University of Medical Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.
| Sepehr Sadeghi
Student Research Committee, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
| Seyed Ahmad Moftakharzadeh
Department of Infectious Diseases, Kamkar-Arabnia Medical Education Center, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
| Shabnam Nourabadi
Department of Infectious Diseases, Kamkar-Arabnia Medical Education Center, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
| Morteza Khoshgoftar
Department of Pediatric Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Hazrat Masoumeh (S) Medical Education Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
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