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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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Autores principales: 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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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
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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/).
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Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth
Ho, Chester
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