CHARACTERISTICS OF DIZZINESS MANIFESTATION IN 2019 CORONAVIRUS DISEASE PATIENTS AT HAJI ADAM MALIK GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDAN

Abstract

Introduction: Since first appearing in December 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now become a pandemic and a global emergency. The typical manifestation of COVID-19 is fever accompanied by coughing and shortness of breath. In some patients, neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19 were found, among which the most common was dizziness. Several mechanisms, either directly or indirectly, underlie this. This study aims to determine the frequency distribution of dizziness and describe its characteristics in COVID-19 patients.

Method: This study is a retrospective descriptive study of a population of COVID-19 patients at Haji Adam Malik General Hospital (RSUP HAM) Medan for the period March to August 2020. The variables assessed were the frequency distribution and percentage of dizziness, as well as age and sex.

Result: A total of 193 COVID-19 patients, 24 (12.4%) experienced dizziness manifestations with the most age characteristics <50 years as many as 17 subjects (70.8%), most of them were female as many as 14 subjects (58.3%), most were Batak ethnic as many as 9 subjects (37.5%) with the most job status was civil servants as many as 9 subjects (37.5 %).

Conclusion: In COVID-19 patients, 12.4% of the manifestations of dizziness were found with the most characteristics being aged <50 years (70.8%) with the female gender (58.3%).