Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge
Objective We aimed to describe the persistence of symptoms in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and quality of life (QoL) among patients 90 days after their discharge from the hospital for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to determine differences in Q...
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| author | Carolina Muñoz-Corona Lizeth Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Canales Claudia Ortiz-Ledesma Liz Jovanna Martínez-Navarro Alejandro E. Macías David Alejandro Scavo-Montes Eduardo Guaní-Guerra |
| author_facet | Carolina Muñoz-Corona Lizeth Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Canales Claudia Ortiz-Ledesma Liz Jovanna Martínez-Navarro Alejandro E. Macías David Alejandro Scavo-Montes Eduardo Guaní-Guerra |
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| description | Objective We aimed to describe the persistence of symptoms in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and quality of life (QoL) among patients 90 days after their discharge from the hospital for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to determine differences in QoL domains concerning the absence or presence of persistent symptoms. Methods To measure QoL, we used a validated Spanish version of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results We included 141 patients. Ninety days after discharge, COVID-19 symptoms persisted in 107 patients (75.9%), with fatigue (55.3%) and joint pain (46.8%) being the most frequent. According to the SF-36, the role-physical score was the dimension with the lowest values (median score, 25; interquartile range, 0–75). Patients with joint pain, fatigue, and dyspnea had lower scores than patients without those symptoms, with 10 of the 13 evaluated SF-36 scales showing lower levels. Conclusion Ninety days after hospital discharge from COVID-19 reference centers, most patients had persistent symptoms and had lower SF-36 scores than patients without symptoms. It is important to follow-up patients discharged from the hospital after SARS-CoV-2 infection, ideally through a post-COVID-19 health care clinic and rehabilitation program, to improve QoL in these patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e7e695979be4a8ba7aaa210ef0c9a752022-12-22T00:56:16ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of International Medical Research1473-23002022-07-015010.1177/03000605221110492Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital dischargeCarolina Muñoz-CoronaLizeth Guadalupe Gutiérrez-CanalesClaudia Ortiz-LedesmaLiz Jovanna Martínez-NavarroAlejandro E. MacíasDavid Alejandro Scavo-MontesEduardo Guaní-GuerraObjective We aimed to describe the persistence of symptoms in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and quality of life (QoL) among patients 90 days after their discharge from the hospital for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to determine differences in QoL domains concerning the absence or presence of persistent symptoms. Methods To measure QoL, we used a validated Spanish version of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results We included 141 patients. Ninety days after discharge, COVID-19 symptoms persisted in 107 patients (75.9%), with fatigue (55.3%) and joint pain (46.8%) being the most frequent. According to the SF-36, the role-physical score was the dimension with the lowest values (median score, 25; interquartile range, 0–75). Patients with joint pain, fatigue, and dyspnea had lower scores than patients without those symptoms, with 10 of the 13 evaluated SF-36 scales showing lower levels. Conclusion Ninety days after hospital discharge from COVID-19 reference centers, most patients had persistent symptoms and had lower SF-36 scores than patients without symptoms. It is important to follow-up patients discharged from the hospital after SARS-CoV-2 infection, ideally through a post-COVID-19 health care clinic and rehabilitation program, to improve QoL in these patients.https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605221110492 |
| spellingShingle | Carolina Muñoz-Corona Lizeth Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Canales Claudia Ortiz-Ledesma Liz Jovanna Martínez-Navarro Alejandro E. Macías David Alejandro Scavo-Montes Eduardo Guaní-Guerra Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge Journal of International Medical Research |
| title | Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge |
| title_full | Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge |
| title_short | Quality of life and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge |
| title_sort | quality of life and persistence of covid 19 symptoms 90 days after hospital discharge |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605221110492 |
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