ArticleArchives of academic emergency medicine2022
The Effect of Exercise-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Quality of Life in Recovered COVID-19 Patients; a Quasi-Experimental Study.
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- Non-pharmacological rehabilitation strategies for pulmonary and physical recovery in ICU survivors after COVID-19: A systematic review.Chronic respiratory diseasePooled it
- Continuous versus low-intensity interval aerobic exercise in pulmonary rehabilitation after COVID-19.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Changes in lung function and dyspnea perception in Colombian Covid-19 patients after a 12-week pulmonary rehabilitation program.PloS one · 2024Observational
- The quality and pattern of rehabilitation interventions prescribed for post-COVID-19 infection patients: A systematic review andPreventive medicine reports · 2023Review
- Health related quality of life and its determinants in COVID-19 patients.Tuberkuloz ve toraks · 2023Article
- Analysis of articles in the Journal of Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine in 2022.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of respiratory muscle training on clinical and functional parameters in COVID-19 recovered patients.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a variety of physical and emotional disorders, and subsequently lower Quality of Life (QOL). This study aimed to investigate the effect of a 2-week exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation on clinical characteristics and QOL of severe COVID-19 patients after discharge from intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, eligible severe COVID-19 cases, who had survived and were discharged from ICU were selected using convenience sampling method. O Results: 35 cases with the mean age of 57.86 ± 11.73 (18-75) years were studied (51.4% female). The mean SpO2 increased from 90.41 ± 3.97 to 95.11 ± 1.96% after two weeks of pulmonary rehabilitation (p<0.0001). In addition, the mean pulse rate (98.97±16.23 to 88.91±14.03 pulse/minute; p<0.001) and the mean dyspnea severity (5.6±1.97 to 3.45±1.97; p<0.0001) decreased after two weeks of intervention. Besides, the mean total QOL and its dimensions, including general health (p<0.0001), physical status (p<0.0001), emotional status (p = 0.036), and social function (p<0.0001) of patients, had significantly increased after intervention. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it seems that two-week exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation could be effective in increasing the SpO2, decreasing dyspnea and pulse rate, and improving the QOL of patients with severe COVID-19 after discharge from ICU.
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