TY - JOUR AU - Srikanth, Narayanam AU - Kumar, Adarsh AU - Chandrasekhararao, Bhogavalli AU - Singhal, Richa AU - Yadav, Babita AU - Khanduri, Shruti AU - Jameela, Sophia AU - Rai, Amit Kumar AU - Tripathi, Arunabh AU - Rana, Rakesh AU - Ahmad, Azeem AU - Sharma, Bhagwan Sahai AU - Jaiswal, Ankit AU - Kotecha, Rajesh AU - , State Level Collaborators AU - Nesari, Tanuja AU - Vyas, Mahesh AU - Tagade, Umesh AU - Thakar, Anup AU - Bhatt, Nilesh AU - Dattani, Kalpesh AU - Bhinde, Sagar AU - Sharma, Sanjeev AU - Godatwar, Pawan Kumar AU - Ojha, Nisha AU - Meena, H.M.L. AU - Bhakuni, Harish AU - Goswami, Pradeep Kumar AU - Choudhury, Bishnu AU - Nishanth, K AU - Sai Prasad, AJV AU - Dhoke, Sujata AU - Midhuna Mohan, K AU - Gopod, Savita AU - Arvind Kumar, AU - Dogra, Ekta AU - Bora, G.K. AU - Pravin, K S AU - Radheshyam, Pravin Masarom AU - Bharati, P.L. AU - Das, Jeuti Rani AU - Tewari, Vimal AU - Tewari, Deepika AU - Mishra, Ritika AU - Kuldeep, AU - Rotwar, D.S. AU - Ahvad, Anil AU - Paikrao, Sumed AU - Madan, Amit AU - Jadhav, Nandini AU - Nariyal, Vikas AU - Vyas, Kavita AU - Chandla, Anubha AU - Negi, Vineeta AU - Antony, Chris AU - Sharma, Vipin AU - Mohod, Poonam AU - Sharma, Subhash AU - Suri, Meenakshi AU - Shah, Aaditya AU - Ramana, G.V. AU - Tejaswini, C AU - Raghavendra, AU - Giri, S.K. AU - Doddamani, Shashidhar AU - Shubhashree, M.N AU - Sahoo, Srinibash AU - Pratap Shankar, K.M. AU - Nair, Parvathy.G. AU - Nair, Devi R AU - Krishna Kumar, V. AU - Pradeep Kumar, P.P. AU - Remya, E AU - Karthika, A P AU - Sinimol, T.P AU - Meghna, P P AU - Balakrishnan, Praveen AU - Surendran, Emy.S. AU - Sumedhan, Varsha AU - Kumar, Amit AU - Singh, S.B. AU - Singh, Neelam AU - Mangal, Anil AU - Sharma, Deepa AU - Bhurke, Laxman AU - Dighe, Dattatray AU - Choudhary, Kuldeep AU - Deshmukh, Saylee AU - Marlewar, Sneha AU - Kale, Shyam AU - Shekhar Namboori, U.R. AU - Sharma, Savita AU - Thakre, Priya AU - Shinde, Prashant AU - Potbare, Balaji AU - Rahangdale, Deepak AU - Magh, Gwachung AU - Bhuyan, G.C. AU - Panda, P. AU - Ratha, K.K. AU - Rao, Krishna AU - Indu, S AU - Panda, A.K. AU - Das, Banamali AU - Ota, Susmita AU - Tomar, Rinku AU - Singh, Harbans AU - Baheti, Sandeep AU - Kumar, Sanjeev AU - Mahesh, S AU - Sangvikar, Sangeeta AU - Vedi, S.K. AU - Sharma, Swati AU - Kumawat, V.B. AU - Choudhary, Suhash AU - Kumari, Monika AU - Indu, P P AU - Ghuse, Rahul D. AU - Shriprakash, AU - Sahu, Shrawan Kumar AU - Sinha, Ashok Kumar AU - Srinivas, P. AU - Prameela Devi, K. AU - Asha, S AU - Niral, Sojeetra AU - Singh, Karisma AU - Pallavi, Kamble AU - Singh, Ravi Ranjan AU - Prasad, Anjali B AU - Surana, Mayur AU - Singh, Sanjay Kumar AU - Kumari, Harit AU - Srivastava, A.K. AU - Kumar, Tarun AU - Arya, Deepshikha AU - Sahu, D.S. AU - Mondal, Tushar Kanti AU - Barik, L.D. AU - Saha, Suparna AU - Ekka, Ranjita AU - Bhushan, Shakti AU - Mitra, Achintya AU - Debnath, Saroj Kumar AU - Das, Debajyoti AU - Akashlal, M AU - Abhayadev, A AU - Gupta, Hemant AU - Yadav, Ajay P AU - Khan, Asim Ali AU - Kazmi, Munawar H AU - Minhaj, AU - Raza, Rahat AU - Khan, Md.Nafees AU - Alam, Md. Ishtiyaq AU - Lari, Haseeb Alam AU - Zaheer Ahmed, N. AU - Khan, Hakimuddin AU - Iftikhar, Younis AU - Akbar, Seema AU - Afza, Sheeren AU - Fazil, Mohammad AU - Kumar, Ashok AU - Tarique, Mohd AU - Khan, Amir Faisal AU - Khan, Amir Faisal AU - Ahmed, Aijaz AU - Khurana, Anil AU - Karunakara Moorthi, S. AU - Kaushik, Subhash AU - Saklani, Nitin Kumar AU - Rawat, B. S. AU - Bezawada, Brunda AU - Ramteke, Sunil AU - Prusty, A.K. AU - Karso, Liyi AU - Srivastav, Amit AU - Shil, Ratan Chandra AU - Pal, Partha Pratim AU - Debata, Lipipushpa AU - Ravi Chandra Reddy, G. AU - Prasad, Sunil AU - Singh, Uttam AU - Bhattacharjee, Baidurjya AU - Tamang, Santosh Kumar AU - Sadarla, Ravi kumar AU - Sharma, Pawan AU - Sahoo, Amulya Ratna AU - Vibha, AU - Prasad, P AU - Karthikeyan, D. AU - Rao, Raghvendra AU - Sandhu, Surender AU - Rao, Mohan AU - Vadiraj, HS AU - Basavaraddi, Ishwar V. AU - Achary, Ishwar N AU - Satyalakshmi, K AU - Shivkesh, AU - Yuvaraj Paul, P. AU - Singh, Subhas AU - Jose, Austin AU - Teron, Robindra AU - Imlikumba, AU - Wadud, Addul AU - Ansari, Abdul Nasir AU - Khan, Tariq Nadeem AU - Moheen, Abdul AU - Dolma, Tsewang AU - Tenba, Tenzin AU - Srivastav, Anupam AU - Ramakrishnan, N. AU - Soni, Surendra AU - Shukla, Ram AU - Salve, Rohini AU - Shaikh, M.N. AU - Trivedi, Daxen AU - Bhagiya, Shital AU - Patel, Asha AU - Indoriya, Anup AU - Gandhi, Rachna AU - Jain, Naresh AU - Chavada, Nirmal AU - Shingadiya, Rahul AU - Bhadraka, Nilesh AU - Gupta, Nrupesh AU - Italiya, Dilip AU - Shah, Piyush AU - Chaudhari, Maya AU - Patel, Sumit AU - Chaudhari, Bhavin AU - Parmar, Mehul PY - 2022 M3 - Community Case Study TI - Disease Characteristics, Care-Seeking Behavior, and Outcomes Associated With the Use of AYUSH-64 in COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation in India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Analysis JO - Frontiers in Public Health UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.904279 VL - 10 SN - 2296-2565 N2 - BackgroundDuring the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the Ministry of Ayush conducted a community study to provide therapeutic care to patients with asymptomatic, mild, and moderate COVID-19 in home isolation based on the empirical evidence generated on the efficacy of AYUSH-64 in COVID-19.ObjectiveTo document disease characteristics, care-seeking behavior, and outcomes in patients with asymptomatic, mild, or moderate COVID-19 in home isolation who used AYUSH-64 for COVID-19.MethodsCross-sectional analysis of the data generated through a community study conducted in India from 08 May to 31 August 2021 was performed to study the disease characteristics, care-seeking behavior during home isolation, clinical outcomes, adverse events, and the association between various risk factors and clinical recovery during the study period. The data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires, available in electronic data collection format at the baseline, 7, 14, and 21 days. A logistic regression was performed to explore the relationship between relevant variables and clinical recovery.ResultsData from 64,642 participants were analyzed for baseline assessment, and final analysis was done for 49,770 participants. The mean age of the enrolled participants was 38.8 ± 11.7 years, and 8.4% had co-morbidities. AYUSH-64 was utilized as an add-on to the standard care by 58.3% of participants. Comparable clinical outcomes were observed in participants utilizing AYUSH-64 either as a standalone or as an add-on to standard care, in terms of clinical recovery, disease progression, the requirement for oxygen supplementation, hospitalization, ICU admission, and need for ventilator support. Younger age, having no co-morbidities or substance abuse, and having been vaccinated were associated with early clinical recovery than those who were older and not vaccinated.ConclusionsThe study findings suggest that AYUSH-64 use, either standalone or as an adjunct to standard care, in asymptomatic, mild, or moderate COVID-19 is associated with good clinical outcomes. Ayush services and interventions can be effectively integrated into the mainstream public health architecture to serve public health goals. ER -