The Effect of Obesity on Covid-19 Patient's Attendants in Primary Health Care Center in Makkah Al-Mukarramah

Abstract

Background

The world health organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic on 11th March 2020. COVID-19 also referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 is a rising respiratory disease that is caused by a novel coronavirus which was initially detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the disease is extremely infectious and therefore the outbreak has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the WHO. Obesity and overweight are well known risk factors for (COVID-19) disease, and are expected to be increasing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia particularly among females. Therefore, we designed this study with the objective to determine the effect of obesity and overweight on Covid-19 patient's among (COVID-19) disease Saudis of both gender, between the ages of 30-70 years. (COVID-19) pandemic has so far resulted in over 6.2 million known infections, almost 375,000 deaths and tremendous impact on world economies in a relatively short amount of time. Coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) has quickly spread around the world, constraining nations to apply lockdowns and severe social separating measures. In early 2020, numerous nations have been putting forth attempts to forestall the spread of coronavirus illness (COVID-19) after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it as a pandemic. This study aimed: To assess the effect of obesity on Covid-19 patient's attendants in primary health care center in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. Methods: cross-sectional study was conducted online among Saudi Arabia adults in primary health care center in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. The questionnaire collected socio-demographic characteristics, the impact of COVID-19 the pandemic effect perception on the obesity. Sample population consists number of adults' primary health care center. A self-administered questionnaire was designed and has been send to the study participants through social media platforms and email. Our total participants were(200) Results: a significant relation between the Predicting body mass changes during pandemic and age were X2=68.920 and P-value=0.001,  gender show a significant relation between the Predicting body mass changes during pandemic and gender were X2=8.691 and P-value=0.013, significant relation between the Predicting body mass changes during pandemic and marital status were X2=53.829 and P-value=0.001.Conclusion: The study highlights that the the effect of obesity on Covid-19 pandemic patient's at Saudi Arabia in Makkah  caused a variety of lifestyle changes, physical inactivity may be a factor that leads to an increase in obesity during Covid-19 Pandemic.