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Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: COVID-19 emerged at the end of 2019 and was classified as a global pandemic in March 2020. Infected cases of SARS-CoV-2 experience symptoms during initial infection 2–14 days after virus exposure, and some symptoms and complications may persist after recovery. This study evaluat...

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Autores principales: Naseef, Hani, Damin Abukhalil, Abdallah, Orabi, Tala, Joza, Mohammad, Mashaala, Carmen, Elsheik, Malak, Dababat, Aseel, Qattosa, Maram, Al-Shami, Ni'Meh
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Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35342434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3431014
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author Naseef, Hani
Damin Abukhalil, Abdallah
Orabi, Tala
Joza, Mohammad
Mashaala, Carmen
Elsheik, Malak
Dababat, Aseel
Qattosa, Maram
Al-Shami, Ni'Meh
author_facet Naseef, Hani
Damin Abukhalil, Abdallah
Orabi, Tala
Joza, Mohammad
Mashaala, Carmen
Elsheik, Malak
Dababat, Aseel
Qattosa, Maram
Al-Shami, Ni'Meh
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description BACKGROUND AND AIMS: COVID-19 emerged at the end of 2019 and was classified as a global pandemic in March 2020. Infected cases of SARS-CoV-2 experience symptoms during initial infection 2–14 days after virus exposure, and some symptoms and complications may persist after recovery. This study evaluated the onset/recovery time, postrecovery symptoms, complications, and factors affecting the health situation of recovered cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire based on related scientific articles and expert recommendations. It was distributed to recovered COVID-19 patients either face-to-face or online. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used to investigate the significant relationships. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 22. Findings. A total of 686 participants completed the questionnaire; the mean age was 28·1 ± 11·8. SARS-CoV-2 infection recovery time was 1–2 weeks in most participants. A total of 72·4% developed post-COVID-19 symptoms. Fatigue (260, 38.0%), loss of smell (224, 32.7%), headache (207, 30.7%), and joint pain (188, 27.4%) were the most reported postrecovery symptoms. In women, fatigue and headaches were the most common symptoms that persisted after recovery. Diabetic patients endured continuous muscle and joint pain. Interpretation. Patient health situation, recovery time, and symptoms post-COVID-19 infections are affected by many demographic factors and disease status.
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spelling pubmed-89449172022-03-25 Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time Naseef, Hani Damin Abukhalil, Abdallah Orabi, Tala Joza, Mohammad Mashaala, Carmen Elsheik, Malak Dababat, Aseel Qattosa, Maram Al-Shami, Ni'Meh J Environ Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND AND AIMS: COVID-19 emerged at the end of 2019 and was classified as a global pandemic in March 2020. Infected cases of SARS-CoV-2 experience symptoms during initial infection 2–14 days after virus exposure, and some symptoms and complications may persist after recovery. This study evaluated the onset/recovery time, postrecovery symptoms, complications, and factors affecting the health situation of recovered cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire based on related scientific articles and expert recommendations. It was distributed to recovered COVID-19 patients either face-to-face or online. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used to investigate the significant relationships. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 22. Findings. A total of 686 participants completed the questionnaire; the mean age was 28·1 ± 11·8. SARS-CoV-2 infection recovery time was 1–2 weeks in most participants. A total of 72·4% developed post-COVID-19 symptoms. Fatigue (260, 38.0%), loss of smell (224, 32.7%), headache (207, 30.7%), and joint pain (188, 27.4%) were the most reported postrecovery symptoms. In women, fatigue and headaches were the most common symptoms that persisted after recovery. Diabetic patients endured continuous muscle and joint pain. Interpretation. Patient health situation, recovery time, and symptoms post-COVID-19 infections are affected by many demographic factors and disease status. Hindawi 2022-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8944917/ /pubmed/35342434 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3431014 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hani Naseef et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Naseef, Hani
Damin Abukhalil, Abdallah
Orabi, Tala
Joza, Mohammad
Mashaala, Carmen
Elsheik, Malak
Dababat, Aseel
Qattosa, Maram
Al-Shami, Ni'Meh
Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time
title Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time
title_full Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time
title_fullStr Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time
title_short Evaluation of the Health Situation among Recovered Cases of COVID-19 in West Bank, Palestine, and Their Onset/Recovery Time
title_sort evaluation of the health situation among recovered cases of covid-19 in west bank, palestine, and their onset/recovery time
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35342434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3431014
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