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Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics of participants (n = 13)

From: Psychological experience of patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the initial stage of pandemic in Wuhan, China: a qualitative study

Variables

Characteristics

n (%)

Age, years

30–39

6 (46.2%)

40–49

2 (15.4%)

50–59

4 (30.8%)

60–69

1 (7.7%)

Sex

Male

7 (53.8%)

Female

6 (46.2%)

Nationality

Han Chinese

13 (100.0%)

Marital status

Married

13(100.0%)

Educational level

Junior high school

5 (38.5%)

Senior high school

2 (15.4%)

Bachelor

4 (30.8%)

Master

2 (15.4%)

Occupation

Employed

11 (84.6%)

Unemployed

2 (15.4%)

Clinical classificationa

Common

13 (100.0%)

Comorbidities

Hypertension

1 (7.7%)

Diabetes mellitus

1 (7.7%)

No

11 (84.6%)

Re-detectable positiveb

Yes

6 (46.2%)

No

7 (53.8%)

  1. a As to clinical classification, common type referred to patients with fever, respiratory tract and other symptoms with pneumonia in imaging based on Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline for Patients with Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (5th trial version) in Chinese [17]
  2. b “Yes” referred to that a re-detectable positive result from SARS-CoV-2 virus nucleic acid test on nasopharyngeal swabs occurred in those patients after negative detection. “No” referred to the SARS-CoV-2 virus nucleic acid test on nasopharyngeal swabs of those patients were always positive
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