Browsing by Author "Aderinola, Olaolu"

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    Assessing the capacity of symptom scores to predict COVID-19 positivity in Nigeria: A national derivation and validation cohort study
    (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021) Elimian, Kelly Osezele; Aderinola, Olaolu; Igumbor, Ehimario
    s This study aimed to develop and validate a symptom prediction tool for COVID-19 test positivity in Nigeria.A cohort of 43 221 individuals within the national COVID-19 surveillance dataset from 27 February to 27 August 2020. Complete dataset was randomly split into two equal halves: derivation and validation datasets. Using the derivation dataset (n=21 477), backward multivariable logistic regression approach was used to identify symptoms positively associated with COVID-19 positivity (by real-time PCR) in children (≤17 years), adults (18–64 years) and elderly (≥65 years) patients separately.