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Table 1 Description of COVID-19 symptoms among psychiatric patients (n = 410)

From: COVID-19 outbreak in a psychiatric hospital: what makes it worse?

 

Frequency

COVID-19 illness classification

 Asymptomatic

202 (49.3%)

 Mild

145 (35.4%)

 Moderate

5 (1.2%)

 Severe

37 (9.0%)

 Critical

21 (5.1%)

COVID-19 symptoms

 Cough

36 (8.8%)

 Throat pain

5 (1.2%)

 Diarrhea

12 (2.9%)

 Conjunctivitis

8 (2.0%)

 Headache

23 (5.6%)

 Loss of smell

5 (1.2%)

 Difficulty breathing

17 (4.1%)

 Chest pain

8 (2.0%)

Temperature

 Normal temperature

232 (56.6%)

 Hyperthermia

178 (43.4%)

Pulse

 Normal

295 (72.0%)

 Tachycardia

115 (28.0%)

Saturation

 Normal

307 (74.9%)

 Abnormal

103 (25.1%)

Patients requiring oxygen supplementation in the psychiatric institution

30 (7.3%)

Patients requiring mechanical ventilation

4 (1.0%)

Patients transferred to specialized hospital

18 (4.4%)

Death

19 (4.6%)