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Table 2 Demographic data of the selected home-isolating COVID-19 patients

From: Telepharmacy during home isolation: drug-related problems and pharmaceutical care in COVID-19 patients receiving antiviral therapy in Thailand

Characteristic

N (%) (Total N = 197)

Gender

 Male

101 (51.26)

Age (years), median (IQR)

45 (33–55)

Underlying disease

70 (35.53)

 Hypertension

31 (44.29)

 Dyslipidemia

20 (28.57)

 Diabetes mellitus

16 (22.86)

 Liver disease

8 (11.43)

 Obesity

7 (10.00)

 Neurological disease

3 (4.29)

 Cancer

2 (2.86)

 Others

25 (35.71)

Concomitant of medication for chronic illness

55 (27.92)

Favipiravir dosage

 Standard dose

185 (93.91)

 High dose

12 (6.09)

Post COVID-19 vaccination

121 (61.42)

 1 dose

72 (59.50)

 2 dose

48 (39.67)

 3 dose

1 (0.83)

Concomitant of OTC, herb, and dietary supplement for COVID-19

91 (46.19)

 Vitamin C

34 (37.36)

 Andrographis paniculata extract capsule or tablets

29 (31.87)

 Boesenbergia rotunda extract (total n = 25)

25 (27.47)

  Capsule or tablet

11 (44.00)

  Herbal drink

10 (40.00)

  Inhalation

3 (12.00)

  Crude herb

1 (4.00)

 Ginger (total n = 22)

22 (24.18)

  Herbal drink

21 (95.45)

  Crude herb

1 (4.55)

 Mixed herbs (total n = 15)

15 (16.48)

  Capsule or tablet

2 (13.33)

  Herbal drink

4 (26.67)

  Inhalation

9 (60.00)

Others

29 (31.87)

  1. IQR, interquartile range; OTC, over-the-counter medicine