Original scientific paper
DETERMINANTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE WEST HERZEGOVINA CANTON
Ivan Vasilj
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Katarina Herceg
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivana Čović
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marija Šantić
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marina Ćurlin
; University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivona Ljevak
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andrea Bošnjak
; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zdenko Šarac
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Emina Kiseljaković
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romana Babić
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
A study of COVID-19 infected patients was conducted regarding to organic and psychological characteristics. The findings of
the study indicate that in the period of the pandemic in 2020, a total of 78 infection cases were confirmed in West Herzegovina
Canton. Of the total number of infected, 55.1% are women and 44.9% are men. Of the infected population, 16.7% were hospitalized.
By monitoring the COVID-19 disease in West Herzegovina Canton, we conclude how all manifestations of the disease were
represented, from asymptomatic, through mild respiratory to the most severe clinical picture with fatal outcomes. The mortality rate in West Herzegovina Canton is 5.1%. The study showed that a total of 28.2% of COVID-19 positive patients before infecting with virus, were most likely to suffer from hypertension, diabetes and malignancies. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize that a total of 71.9% of those infected are without underlying diseases. Also, the results indicate that people with COVID-19 in addition to the characteristic symptoms of the disease (fever, fatigue, cough, etc.) had certain mental ailments such as decreased general mood, increased anxiety, panic attacks, acute stress disorder and others.
Keywords
coronavirus; COVID-19; epidemiological surveillance; pandemic; psychoorganic symptoms
Hrčak ID:
262524
URI
Publication date:
10.6.2020.
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