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Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at determining the various types of home-based remedies, mode of administration, prevalence of use, and their relevance in reducing the risk of infection, hospital admission, severe disease, and death. METHODS: The study design is an open cohort of all participants who pr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8927972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35310036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4559897 |
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author | Nuertey, Benjamin Demah Addai, Joyce Kyei-Bafour, Priscilla Bimpong, Kingsley Appiah Adongo, Victor Boateng, Laud Mumuni, Kareem Dam, Kenneth Mibut Udofia, Emilia Asuquo Seneadza, Nana Ayegua Hagan Calys-Tagoe, Benedict NL Tette, Edem M. A. Yawson, Alfred Edwin Soghoian, Sari Helegbe, Gideon K. Vedanthan, Rajesh |
author_facet | Nuertey, Benjamin Demah Addai, Joyce Kyei-Bafour, Priscilla Bimpong, Kingsley Appiah Adongo, Victor Boateng, Laud Mumuni, Kareem Dam, Kenneth Mibut Udofia, Emilia Asuquo Seneadza, Nana Ayegua Hagan Calys-Tagoe, Benedict NL Tette, Edem M. A. Yawson, Alfred Edwin Soghoian, Sari Helegbe, Gideon K. Vedanthan, Rajesh |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at determining the various types of home-based remedies, mode of administration, prevalence of use, and their relevance in reducing the risk of infection, hospital admission, severe disease, and death. METHODS: The study design is an open cohort of all participants who presented for testing for COVID-19 at the Infectious Disease Treatment Centre (Tamale) and were followed up for a period of six weeks. A nested case-control study was designed. Numerical data were analysed using STATA version 14, and qualitative data were thematically analysed. RESULTS: A total of 882 participants made up of 358 (40.6%) cases and 524 (59.4%) unmatched controls took part in the study. The prevalence of usage of home-based remedies to prevent COVID-19 was 29.6% (n = 261). These include drinks (34.1% (n = 100)), changes in eating habits/food (33.8% (n = 99)), physical exercise (18.8% (n = 55)), steam inhalation (9.9% (n = 29)), herbal baths (2.7% (n = 8)), and gurgle (0.7 (n = 2)). Participants who practiced any form of home-based therapy were protected from SARS-CoV-2 infection (OR = 0.28 (0.20–0.39)), severe/critical COVID-19 (OR = 0.15 (0.05–0.48)), hospital admission (OR = 0.15 (0.06–0.38)), and death (OR = 0.31 (0.07–1.38)). Analysis of the various subgroups of the home-based therapies, however, demonstrated that not all the home-based remedies were effective. Steam inhalation and herbal baths were associated with 26.6 (95% CI = 6.10–116.24) and 2.7 (95% CI = 0.49–14.78) times increased risk of infection, respectively. However, change in diet (AOR = 0.01 (0.00–0.13)) and physical exercise (AOR = 0.02 (0.00–0.26)) remained significantly associated with a reduced risk of infection. We described results of thematic content analysis regarding the common ingredients in the drinks, diets, and other home-based methods administered. CONCLUSION: Almost a third of persons presenting for COVID-19 test were involved in some form of home-based remedy to prevent COVID-19. Steam inhalation and herbal baths increased risk of COVID-19 infection, while physical exercise and dietary changes were protective against COVID-19 infection and hospital admission. Future protocols might consider inclusion of physical activity and dietary changes based on demonstrated health gains. |
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spelling | pubmed-89279722022-03-18 Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study Nuertey, Benjamin Demah Addai, Joyce Kyei-Bafour, Priscilla Bimpong, Kingsley Appiah Adongo, Victor Boateng, Laud Mumuni, Kareem Dam, Kenneth Mibut Udofia, Emilia Asuquo Seneadza, Nana Ayegua Hagan Calys-Tagoe, Benedict NL Tette, Edem M. A. Yawson, Alfred Edwin Soghoian, Sari Helegbe, Gideon K. Vedanthan, Rajesh Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at determining the various types of home-based remedies, mode of administration, prevalence of use, and their relevance in reducing the risk of infection, hospital admission, severe disease, and death. METHODS: The study design is an open cohort of all participants who presented for testing for COVID-19 at the Infectious Disease Treatment Centre (Tamale) and were followed up for a period of six weeks. A nested case-control study was designed. Numerical data were analysed using STATA version 14, and qualitative data were thematically analysed. RESULTS: A total of 882 participants made up of 358 (40.6%) cases and 524 (59.4%) unmatched controls took part in the study. The prevalence of usage of home-based remedies to prevent COVID-19 was 29.6% (n = 261). These include drinks (34.1% (n = 100)), changes in eating habits/food (33.8% (n = 99)), physical exercise (18.8% (n = 55)), steam inhalation (9.9% (n = 29)), herbal baths (2.7% (n = 8)), and gurgle (0.7 (n = 2)). Participants who practiced any form of home-based therapy were protected from SARS-CoV-2 infection (OR = 0.28 (0.20–0.39)), severe/critical COVID-19 (OR = 0.15 (0.05–0.48)), hospital admission (OR = 0.15 (0.06–0.38)), and death (OR = 0.31 (0.07–1.38)). Analysis of the various subgroups of the home-based therapies, however, demonstrated that not all the home-based remedies were effective. Steam inhalation and herbal baths were associated with 26.6 (95% CI = 6.10–116.24) and 2.7 (95% CI = 0.49–14.78) times increased risk of infection, respectively. However, change in diet (AOR = 0.01 (0.00–0.13)) and physical exercise (AOR = 0.02 (0.00–0.26)) remained significantly associated with a reduced risk of infection. We described results of thematic content analysis regarding the common ingredients in the drinks, diets, and other home-based methods administered. CONCLUSION: Almost a third of persons presenting for COVID-19 test were involved in some form of home-based remedy to prevent COVID-19. Steam inhalation and herbal baths increased risk of COVID-19 infection, while physical exercise and dietary changes were protective against COVID-19 infection and hospital admission. Future protocols might consider inclusion of physical activity and dietary changes based on demonstrated health gains. Hindawi 2022-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8927972/ /pubmed/35310036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4559897 Text en Copyright © 2022 Benjamin Demah Nuertey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nuertey, Benjamin Demah Addai, Joyce Kyei-Bafour, Priscilla Bimpong, Kingsley Appiah Adongo, Victor Boateng, Laud Mumuni, Kareem Dam, Kenneth Mibut Udofia, Emilia Asuquo Seneadza, Nana Ayegua Hagan Calys-Tagoe, Benedict NL Tette, Edem M. A. Yawson, Alfred Edwin Soghoian, Sari Helegbe, Gideon K. Vedanthan, Rajesh Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study |
title | Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study |
title_full | Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study |
title_fullStr | Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study |
title_short | Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study |
title_sort | home-based remedies to prevent covid-19-associated risk of infection, admission, severe disease, and death: a nested case-control study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8927972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35310036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4559897 |
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