Eficacia del tratamiento fisioterápico en atención primaria, mediante consulta no presencial, a un paciente dado de alta de neumonía por Coronavirus

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The current SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus pandemic is resulting in a high number of patients who need hospital admission for pneumonia and in many cases subsequent follow-up due to persistent symptoms after discharge. Since there is little existing evidence on the physiotherapy treatment approach, and there are restrictions to usual consultation, the aim is to check whether Physical Therapy Primary Care (PTPC) intervention through remote consultation is effective. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A 47-year-old male patient with Coronavirus pneumonia underwent a physiotherapy intervention through remote consultation (RC) over the phone 7 days after being discharged. On the one hand, dyspnoea was followed up by employing the modified Borg scale and modified Medical Research Council scale (mMRC), where physical function is assessed through the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). On the other hand, the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) was assessed through the EuroQol-5D questionnaire, and vital signs (temperature, heart rate and oxygen pressure) were monitored for 28 days. The intervention consisted of an educational programme for health and exercise therapy. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The physiotherapy phone consultation programme allowed the treatment and follow up of this patient (physiological variables, SPPB and HRQL) which resulted in improvement. Therefore, we suggest future trials are worth undertaking to study in-depth interventions based on remote consultation directed at these patients with Coronavirus pneumonia after discharge.