The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam
Introduction: We evaluated the impact of the lockdown policy during the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular outpatients of a cardiology clinic in Vietnam from April to June 2020. We estimated the occurrence of different cardiovascular problems in general and the stability of blood pressure. Meth...
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Introduction: We evaluated the impact of the lockdown policy during the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular outpatients of a cardiology clinic in Vietnam from April to June 2020. We estimated the occurrence of different cardiovascular problems in general and the stability of blood pressure.
Methodology: During the Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam, we conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate its impact on blood pressure stability of hypertensive patients treated as outpatients at the clinic of the University Medical Center (UMC), Ho Chi Minh City.
Results: The mean age of the recruited 493 patients was 62.2 ± 10.2 years. The stable blood pressure group consisted of 87% patients, while the unstable blood pressure group consisted of 13% patients. We found that 68% of the study population attended their follow-up appointments as scheduled: 87% with stable blood pressure versus only 13% with unstable blood pressure. Significant differences were noticed in body weight changes and cardiovascular problems between the two groups: body weight increase (22.6% vs. 10.2%), body weight decrease (3.2% vs. 6.7%), worsening of cardiovascular problems (35.5% vs. 17.9%) in the unstable and stable blood pressure groups, respectively. Multivariable regression analysis reflected the impact of the increase in body weight and occurrence of cardiovascular problems on the patients with unstable blood pressure.
Conclusions: Our study provided concrete proof of the impact of the lockdown on chronic patients, which should warrant further surveys, and evaluation of the lockdown policy.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e88f72c381bc49349cc50b3a4d33789f2025-08-20T02:27:22ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802022-02-01160210.3855/jidc.15002The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in VietnamSy Van Hoang0Kha Minh Nguyen1Hoa Thi Anh Le2Au Thanh Tung3Phat Vuong Tien Huynh4Truong Van Le5Khoa Le Anh Huynh6Nicole Vuong7Nacir Dhouibi8Huy Tien Nguyen9Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDepartment of Outpatient, University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDepartment of Outpatient, University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, United StatesTraditional Medicine Hospital, Hanoi, VietnamDepartment of Biostatistics, Virgnia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, VA, United StatesAmerican University of the Caribbean, School of Medicine, Cupecoy, Sint MaartenFaculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Djebal Lakhdhar Street, Tunis, TunisiaSchool of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan Introduction: We evaluated the impact of the lockdown policy during the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular outpatients of a cardiology clinic in Vietnam from April to June 2020. We estimated the occurrence of different cardiovascular problems in general and the stability of blood pressure. Methodology: During the Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam, we conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate its impact on blood pressure stability of hypertensive patients treated as outpatients at the clinic of the University Medical Center (UMC), Ho Chi Minh City. Results: The mean age of the recruited 493 patients was 62.2 ± 10.2 years. The stable blood pressure group consisted of 87% patients, while the unstable blood pressure group consisted of 13% patients. We found that 68% of the study population attended their follow-up appointments as scheduled: 87% with stable blood pressure versus only 13% with unstable blood pressure. Significant differences were noticed in body weight changes and cardiovascular problems between the two groups: body weight increase (22.6% vs. 10.2%), body weight decrease (3.2% vs. 6.7%), worsening of cardiovascular problems (35.5% vs. 17.9%) in the unstable and stable blood pressure groups, respectively. Multivariable regression analysis reflected the impact of the increase in body weight and occurrence of cardiovascular problems on the patients with unstable blood pressure. Conclusions: Our study provided concrete proof of the impact of the lockdown on chronic patients, which should warrant further surveys, and evaluation of the lockdown policy. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15002LockdownCOVID-19cardiovascular diseaseoutpatient |
| spellingShingle | Sy Van Hoang Kha Minh Nguyen Hoa Thi Anh Le Au Thanh Tung Phat Vuong Tien Huynh Truong Van Le Khoa Le Anh Huynh Nicole Vuong Nacir Dhouibi Huy Tien Nguyen The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Lockdown COVID-19 cardiovascular disease outpatient |
| title | The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam |
| title_full | The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam |
| title_short | The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in Vietnam |
| title_sort | effects of the covid 19 lockdown on patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in vietnam |
| topic | Lockdown COVID-19 cardiovascular disease outpatient |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15002 |
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