Do Lifestyle Changes of Renal Transplant Recipients During the Pandemic Reduce the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019?
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control
/ methods
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Kidney Transplantation
Life Style
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Patient Compliance
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Transplant Recipients
Turkey
/ epidemiology
Young Adult
Journal
Transplantation proceedings
ISSN: 1873-2623
Titre abrégé: Transplant Proc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0243532
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
05
07
2020
accepted:
07
07
2020
pubmed:
13
8
2020
medline:
6
11
2020
entrez:
13
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is no published study regarding the effects of preventive measures on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) frequency in renal transplantation recipients. The aim of this study is to reveal the preventive measures taken by renal transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether these measures influence the prevalence of the disease. After detecting the first COVID-19 case in Turkey, we briefed all of our renal transplant recipients on preventive measures regarding COVID-19. Two months afterward, a questionnaire was prepared regarding the preventive measures practiced by renal transplant recipients, and patients were asked whether they had any COVID-19 symptoms or had received a COVID-19 diagnosis. Among 132 patients, 68 were surveyed through telephone calls. During this time, 95.5% of patients were in isolation at home except for when seeing to their essential needs. Two (2.9%) patients were hospitalized due to increases in creatinine level and urinary tract infection. All patients have worn masks when going out and stated that they washed their hands more frequently. There was a decrease in the frequency of hospital controls in 79.4% of patients. Although 2 (2.9%) patients had complaints of dysuria and fever, they did not apply to the hospital because they thought hospitals carried risk during the pandemic. One patient had a cough with fever and was admitted to the hospital with suspicion of COVID-19 but tested negative. It was determined that renal transplant recipients in our study population meticulously complied with preventive measures and increased the use of masks and hand hygiene practices. As a result, none were infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32782108
pii: S0041-1345(20)32627-0
doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.07.003
pmc: PMC7837155
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2667-2670Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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