Home-based therapeutics and organic treatment associated with recovery time of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional survey

Although vaccines and antivirals are at play, non-pharmacological therapies and organic treatments may have a role in patients' convalescence.This study, therefore, investigates home-based therapeutics and organic treatments in COVID-19 patients, and measures the recovery time of these confirmed cases.A cross-sectional survey was conducted where 267 patients participated in a telephone interview.Patient had positive results of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) were recruited through screening test reports provided by hospitals authorities.Independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation were performed.The mean age among the participants was 36.41 (±13.16)years.The mean time of recovery was 17.39 (±3.91) days.Frequent therapeutic and organic measures were having vitamin C-rich food, hot water, spiced tea, black cumin seed and using hot water vapor.Considerations of age (p=0.001),chronic disease (p=0.002),inhalation of hot water vapor (p=0.004),use of gloves(r = -0.13;p < 0.5), use of hand sanitizer (r = -0.14;p < 0.05) were significantly correlated with the number of days required for COVID-19 recovery.The study results highlighted the benefits of support therapies and organic treatments at home as complementary to the pharmacological interventions in slowing the COVID-19 progression and improving the prognosis.