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Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Designing appropriate rehabilitation programs for long COVID-19 remains challenging. The purpose of this study was to explore the patient experience of accessing long COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery services. In this cross-sectional, observational study, a telephone survey was administered to a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10419146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569003 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156457 |
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author | Krysa, Jacqueline A. Horlick, Sidney Pohar Manhas, Kiran Kovacs Burns, Katharina Buell, Mikayla Santana, Maria J. Russell, Kristine Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth Ho, Chester |
author_facet | Krysa, Jacqueline A. Horlick, Sidney Pohar Manhas, Kiran Kovacs Burns, Katharina Buell, Mikayla Santana, Maria J. Russell, Kristine Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth Ho, Chester |
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description | Designing appropriate rehabilitation programs for long COVID-19 remains challenging. The purpose of this study was to explore the patient experience of accessing long COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery services. In this cross-sectional, observational study, a telephone survey was administered to a random sample of persons with long COVID-19 in a Canadian province. Participants included adults who tested positive for COVID-19 between March and October 2021. Survey respondents (n = 330) included individuals who had been previously hospitalized for COVID-19 (n = 165) and those who had not been hospitalized (‘non-hospitalized’) for COVID-19 (n = 165). Significantly more previously hospitalized respondents visited a family doctor for long COVID-19 symptoms compared to non-hospitalized respondents (hospitalized: n = 109 (66.1%); non-hospitalized: n = 25 (15.2%); (p < 0.0001)). Previously hospitalized respondents reported significantly more referrals to specialty healthcare providers for long COVID-19 sym`ptoms (hospitalized: n = 45 (27.3%); non-hospitalized: n = 6 (3.6%); (p < 0.001)). A comparable number of respondents in both groups accessed care services that did not require a referral to manage their long COVID-19 symptoms (hospitalized: n = 31 (18.8%); non-hospitalized: n = 20 (12.1%); (p = 0.20)). These findings demonstrate the diversity of recovery services used by individuals with long COVID-19 and emphasize the need for multidisciplinary long COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery care pathways. |
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spelling | pubmed-104191462023-08-12 Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study Krysa, Jacqueline A. Horlick, Sidney Pohar Manhas, Kiran Kovacs Burns, Katharina Buell, Mikayla Santana, Maria J. Russell, Kristine Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth Ho, Chester Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Designing appropriate rehabilitation programs for long COVID-19 remains challenging. The purpose of this study was to explore the patient experience of accessing long COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery services. In this cross-sectional, observational study, a telephone survey was administered to a random sample of persons with long COVID-19 in a Canadian province. Participants included adults who tested positive for COVID-19 between March and October 2021. Survey respondents (n = 330) included individuals who had been previously hospitalized for COVID-19 (n = 165) and those who had not been hospitalized (‘non-hospitalized’) for COVID-19 (n = 165). Significantly more previously hospitalized respondents visited a family doctor for long COVID-19 symptoms compared to non-hospitalized respondents (hospitalized: n = 109 (66.1%); non-hospitalized: n = 25 (15.2%); (p < 0.0001)). Previously hospitalized respondents reported significantly more referrals to specialty healthcare providers for long COVID-19 sym`ptoms (hospitalized: n = 45 (27.3%); non-hospitalized: n = 6 (3.6%); (p < 0.001)). A comparable number of respondents in both groups accessed care services that did not require a referral to manage their long COVID-19 symptoms (hospitalized: n = 31 (18.8%); non-hospitalized: n = 20 (12.1%); (p = 0.20)). These findings demonstrate the diversity of recovery services used by individuals with long COVID-19 and emphasize the need for multidisciplinary long COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery care pathways. MDPI 2023-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10419146/ /pubmed/37569003 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156457 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Krysa, Jacqueline A. Horlick, Sidney Pohar Manhas, Kiran Kovacs Burns, Katharina Buell, Mikayla Santana, Maria J. Russell, Kristine Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth Ho, Chester Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
title | Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
title_full | Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
title_fullStr | Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
title_short | Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
title_sort | accessing care services for long covid sufferers in alberta, canada: a random, cross-sectional survey study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10419146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569003 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156457 |
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