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Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients

BACKGROUND: Many people recovering from COVID-19 suffer from long-term sequelae. The objective of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COVID-19 patients several months after discharge. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional case–control study on COVID-19...

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Autores principales: Elkan, Matan, Dvir, Ayana, Zaidenstein, Ronit, Keller, Maly, Kagansky, Dana, Hochman, Chen, Koren, Ronit
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Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34471377
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S323316
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author Elkan, Matan
Dvir, Ayana
Zaidenstein, Ronit
Keller, Maly
Kagansky, Dana
Hochman, Chen
Koren, Ronit
author_facet Elkan, Matan
Dvir, Ayana
Zaidenstein, Ronit
Keller, Maly
Kagansky, Dana
Hochman, Chen
Koren, Ronit
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description BACKGROUND: Many people recovering from COVID-19 suffer from long-term sequelae. The objective of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COVID-19 patients several months after discharge. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional case–control study on COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 pneumonia patients admitted to Shamir Medical Center, Israel (03–07/2020). In the months following discharge, patients were invited to participate in a survey and fill the RAND-36 questionnaire. Patients’ characteristics and comorbidities were extracted from electronic charts. RESULTS: Among 66 COVID-19 participants, the median age was 58.5 (IQR 49.8–68.3), 56.1% were female, and 36.4% were obese. The median length of stay was 7 days (IQR 4–10). Patient-reported outcome measures were reported at a median follow-up of 9-months (IQR 6–9). Pain, general health, vitality, and health change had the lowest scores (67.5, 60, 57.5, and 25, respectively). Matching to patients hospitalized with pneumonia due to other pathogens was performed on 42 of the COVID-19 patients. Non-COVID-19 patients were more frequently current or past smokers (50% vs 11.9%, p < 0.01) and suffered more often from chronic lung disease (38.1% vs 9.5%, p = 0.01). The score for health change was significantly lower in the COVID-19 group (25 vs 50, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Post COVID-19 patients continue to suffer from an assortment of symptoms and perceive a deterioration in their health many months after hospitalization. This emphasizes the importance of prolonged medical follow-up in this population, and the need for additional research to better understand this novel disease’s long-term effects.
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spelling pubmed-84052202021-08-31 Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients Elkan, Matan Dvir, Ayana Zaidenstein, Ronit Keller, Maly Kagansky, Dana Hochman, Chen Koren, Ronit Int J Gen Med Original Research BACKGROUND: Many people recovering from COVID-19 suffer from long-term sequelae. The objective of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COVID-19 patients several months after discharge. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional case–control study on COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 pneumonia patients admitted to Shamir Medical Center, Israel (03–07/2020). In the months following discharge, patients were invited to participate in a survey and fill the RAND-36 questionnaire. Patients’ characteristics and comorbidities were extracted from electronic charts. RESULTS: Among 66 COVID-19 participants, the median age was 58.5 (IQR 49.8–68.3), 56.1% were female, and 36.4% were obese. The median length of stay was 7 days (IQR 4–10). Patient-reported outcome measures were reported at a median follow-up of 9-months (IQR 6–9). Pain, general health, vitality, and health change had the lowest scores (67.5, 60, 57.5, and 25, respectively). Matching to patients hospitalized with pneumonia due to other pathogens was performed on 42 of the COVID-19 patients. Non-COVID-19 patients were more frequently current or past smokers (50% vs 11.9%, p < 0.01) and suffered more often from chronic lung disease (38.1% vs 9.5%, p = 0.01). The score for health change was significantly lower in the COVID-19 group (25 vs 50, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Post COVID-19 patients continue to suffer from an assortment of symptoms and perceive a deterioration in their health many months after hospitalization. This emphasizes the importance of prolonged medical follow-up in this population, and the need for additional research to better understand this novel disease’s long-term effects. Dove 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8405220/ /pubmed/34471377 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S323316 Text en © 2021 Elkan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
spellingShingle Original Research
Elkan, Matan
Dvir, Ayana
Zaidenstein, Ronit
Keller, Maly
Kagansky, Dana
Hochman, Chen
Koren, Ronit
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients
title Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients
title_full Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients
title_fullStr Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients
title_full_unstemmed Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients
title_short Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients
title_sort patient-reported outcome measures after hospitalization during the covid-19 pandemic: a survey among covid-19 and non-covid-19 patients
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34471377
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S323316
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