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Quality of life and persistent symptoms after hospitalization for COVID-19. A prospective observational study comparing ICU with non-ICU patients.
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- Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Following Survival of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Due to COVID-19.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- How are Long-Covid, Post-Sepsis-Syndrome and Post-Intensive-Care-Syndrome related? A conceptional approach based on the current research literature.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
- The Effect of Physiotherapy on Dyspnea, Muscle Strength and Functional Status in Patients with Long COVID Syndrome.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Prognostic factors for deterioration of quality of life one year after admission to ICU for severe SARS-COV2 infection.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Observational
- Evaluation of post-COVID mortality risk in cases classified as severe acute respiratory syndrome in Brazil: a longitudinal study for medium and long term.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Long COVID-19 in a French Multicentric Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Quality of Life 6 Months after COVID-19 Hospitalisation: A Single-Centre Polish Registry.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 severity on health-related quality of life among Saudi adult patients.Le infezioni in medicina · 2022Article
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Quality of Life of COVID-19 Survivors at 6-Month Follow-Up: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- An observational study on health-related quality of life and persistent symptoms in COVID-19 patients after hospitalization at a tertiary care centre.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHospitalized COVID-19 patients are prone to develop persistent symptoms and to show reduced quality of life following hospital admission.
methodsProspective cohort study of COVID-19 patients admitted to a hospital from March 1 to April 30, 2020. The primary outcome was to compare health related quality of life and persistent symptoms six months after hospital admission, of COVID-19 patients who required ICU admission with those who did not.
resultsAmong the 242 patients hospitalized during the defined period of time, 44 (18.2%) needed ICU admission. Forty (16.5%) patients died during hospital admission. Two hundred and two (83.5%) patients were discharged alive from the hospital. At six months, 183 (75.6%) patients completed the questionnaires (32 ICU patients and 151 non ICU patients). Ninety-six (52.4%) reported decreased quality of life and 143 (78.1%) described persistent symptoms. More ICU patients showed worsening of their quality of life (71.9% vs 43.7%, P=0.004). There were no differences in the proportion of patients with persistent symptoms between ICU and non ICU patients (87.5% vs 76.2%, P=0.159). ICU patients showed more frequently dyspnea on exertion (78.1% vs 47.7%, P=0.02), dyspnea on light exertion (37.5% vs 4.6%, P<0.001), and asthenia (56.3 vs 29.1, P=0.003).
conclusionsSurvivors of COVID-19 needing hospitalization had persistent symptoms and a decline in the quality of life. ICU patients referred a large decrease of their quality of life compared with non ICU patients.
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