Table 2 The clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency ward at UoGCSH
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Patients with psychological problems | 23 (5.5) |
Patients with linguistic problems | 9 (2.1) |
Patients with uncorrected/uncorrectable visual impairment | 50 (11.8) |
Patients with uncorrected/uncorrectable hearing impairment | 27 (6.4) |
Patients with uncorrected /uncorrectable mobility impairment | 30 (7.1) |
Patients with renal insufficiency (GFR: < 60 ml/min/1.73 \({\mathbf{m}}^{2}\)) | 67 (15.9) |
Patients with hepatic insufficiency or liver cirrhosis | 37 (8.8) |
Patients are taken care of by others | 341 (80.8) |
Patients that have chronic medical conditions | 155 (36.7%) |
Chronic illness before admission | Â |
 Chronic Hypertension | 62 (30.09) |
 Chronic diabetes mellitus | 43 (20.87) |
 Chronic Heart failure | 33 (16.02) |
 Chronic HIV infection | 20 (9.70) |
 Other Ѱ (Chronic conditions) | 48 (23.3) |
Diagnosis after admission | Â |
 Diagnosis – Pneumonia | 134 (15.09) |
 Diagnosis – Hypertension | 82 (9.23) |
 Diagnosis – Heart failure | 74 (8.33) |
 Diagnosis – Diabetes mellitus | 60 (6.76) |
 Diagnosis – Dyspepsia | 53 (5.97) |
 Diagnosis – Malaria | 43 (4.84) |
 Other Ѳ (Diagnosis) | 442 (49.77) |