{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,13]],"date-time":"2025-10-13T00:18:13Z","timestamp":1760314693720,"version":"build-2065373602"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Malays Fam Physician"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and was declared by the World Health Organization as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. However, COVID-19 will continue to occur in the future. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the factors that affect the risk of hospitalisation of patients infected with COVID-19 so that preventive measures can be taken promptly.\nMethods: This study adopted a descriptive, analytic, cross-sectional research design. The sample included the people of North Sumatra who used Universitas Sumatera Utara\u2019s COVID-19 Telemedicine and met the research criteria. The data were analysed using the chi-square test, with odds ratios (ORs) calculated.\nResults: Among the clinical symptoms of the patients, runny nose (OR=10.9), sore throat (OR=23.5), muscle pain (OR=24.3), headache (OR=33.7), diarrhoea (OR=7.7), nausea (OR=10.6), vomiting (OR=4.4), ageusia (OR=6.3) and anosmia (OR=5.5) were more commonly associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation. Among the comorbidities, hypertension (OR=2.5) and diabetes (OR=4.9) increased the risk of hospitalisation.\nConclusion: Runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, ageusia, anosmia, diabetes and hypertension are associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation among patients with COVID-19.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.51866\/oa.329","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,12]],"date-time":"2025-10-12T08:26:21Z","timestamp":1760257581000},"page":"56","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association of symptoms and comorbidities with hospitalization among patients infected with coronavirus disease : A cross-sectional study among users of Universitas Sumatera Utara\u2019s COVID-19 Telemedicine"],"prefix":"10.51866","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Albert","family":"Tanaka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Isti Ilmiati","family":"Fujiati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"28286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]},"container-title":["Malaysian Family Physician"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,12]],"date-time":"2025-10-12T08:26:22Z","timestamp":1760257582000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/e-mfp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20.56_11Sep2025.pdf"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.51866\/oa.329","archive":["CLOCKSS"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1985-207X","1985-2274"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1985-207X","type":"print"},{"value":"1985-2274","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]}}}