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Corona virus is one of the major pathogens that primarily target the human respiratory system,
which started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has emerged as a global health and economic
security threat with an overwhelming growing incidence worldwide. When the World Health
Organization (WHO) declared the disease a global public health emergency, different
stakeholders stepped up efforts to convince the world that the disease is a serious problem that
needs strong containment measures.
The main objective of the study is to identify the determinant risk factors for the recovery of corona
virus(covid-19) patients. A study population of 389 corona virus(covid-19) patients who start their
treatment in Debere Berhan Referral Hospital between August 2020 -November 2021 was
included in the study. Descriptive statistics and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to
estimate and compare the recovery time of corona virus(covid-19) patients among different
categorical characteristics of the patients. We used classical and Bayesian accelerated failure
time model to analyze the data.
The result showed that of a total of 389 corona virus (covid-19) patients considered 87.7%
recovered from covid-19. From the result age (TR=1.25, p-value=0.033), high fever (TR=1.309,
p-value=0.07), Occupational status (TR=0.678, P-value=0.001), shortness of breath (TR=3.109,
p-value=0.003), comorbidity (TR=1.117, p-value=0.037), severe headache (TR=1.146, p value=0.038) and place of residence (TR=0.259, p-value=0.021) were the significant factors for
the corona virus(covid-19) patients accelerated failure time model. The accelerated failure time
model showed that the major factors that affect the recovery time of corona-virus (covid-19) and
see the associations factors among patients. The Weibull accelerated failure time model better fits
the recovery time of corona virus(covid-19) than the exponential AFT model, log-logistic AFT
model and log-normal AFT model. From the MC error accuracy, the model in Bayesian approach
better than classical approach. Patient’s comorbidities have a major impact on CVID-19; So,
health profession should close follow up is required for client admitted with comorbidity and
create great awareness about the risk factors the corona virus (covid-19).
Key words: corona virus(covid-19), proportional hazard, accelerated failure time, Bayesian
survival analysis, winBUGS |
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