Balance Ability and Quality of Life in Older Adult with Recovery from Mild COVID-19

BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to assess the ability to balance and quality of life (QoL) among older adults without a history of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and those who had recovered from mild COVID-19. METHODS: We recruited 80 older adults and categorized them into the following two...

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Autores principales: Amput, Patchareeya, Tapanya, Weerasak, Sangkarit, Noppharath, Konsanit, Saisunee, Wongphon, Sirima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Geriatrics Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37592748
http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.23.0084
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to assess the ability to balance and quality of life (QoL) among older adults without a history of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and those who had recovered from mild COVID-19. METHODS: We recruited 80 older adults and categorized them into the following two groups based on their history of COVID-19: those without COVID-19 (n=40) and those who had recovered from mild COVID-19 (n=40). We assessed the participants’ ability to balance using the multi-directional reach test and timed up and go (TUG) test, and evaluated their QoL using the Short Form‐36. RESULTS: Compared with older adults without a history of COVID-19, those who had recovered from mild COVID-19 demonstrated no differences in the scores of the forward, backward, right, and left directions (p>0.05), but a significantly longer duration for the TUG test (p=0.02) and a reduced QoL. CONCLUSION: Our study results demonstrated decreased ability to balance and poor QoL among older adults who had recovered from mild COVID-19.

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