The Role of a Private Hospital in Hong Kong Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Completed

• Conditions: COVID
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: COVID 19 Diagnostic Test

• Registration Number: NCT04416061
• Lead Sponsor: Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

Brief Summary

Hong Kong public healthcare system is facing tremendous pressure under the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus spread in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sanatorium \& Hospital (HKSH) is one of the first private hospitals which immediately provide reliable and rapid COVID-19 test -- Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Early provision of the RT-PCR screening test for COVID-19 not only facilitates identification of COVID-19 but also contains the spread of the virus in the community and frontline medical staff.

Since description of role of private hospital in Hong Kong amid COVID-19 pandemic is lacking, this study will describe COVID-19 screening algorithm and methodology. A retrospective analysis on clinical characteristics, laboratory findings as well as outcome of patients who underwent COVID-19 test in HKSH is also performed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-11
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-02
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-04
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-31
• Study Completion: 2020-07-31
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2510

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects who underwent COVID-19 test in HKSH during the study period

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Subjects underwent COVID-19 test	COVID 19 Diagnostic Test	Subjects who underwent COVID-19 test in HKSH during the study period

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of asymptomatic subjects	1 Feb 2020 until the 14th consecutive day without any local infection in Hong Kong	Proportion of asymptomatic subjects (%) who underwent COVID 19 test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of subjects with recent contact history	1 Feb 2020 until the 14th consecutive day without any local infection in Hong Kong	Proportion of subjects (%) with recent contact history
Proportion of subjects with recent travel history	1 Feb 2020 until the 14th consecutive day without any local infection in Hong Kong	Proportion of subjects (%) with recent travel history

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong