Observational studyInfection2023
Mobile primary healthcare for post-COVID patients in rural areas: a proof-of-concept study.
Observational study in Infection, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- [An insight into the long/post COVID care situation in Germany-a rapid scoping review].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Review
- Patient Perspectives on the Care in a Long COVID Outpatient Clinic-A Regional Qualitative Analysis from Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Defining and measuring long COVID fatigue: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2024Article
- 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
- Longitudinal course and predictors of health-related quality of life, mental health, and fatigue, in non-hospitalized individuals with or without post COVID-19 syndrome.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Use of a Virtual Multi-Disciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Post-COVID-19 Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Implementation of a mobile prosthetic and orthotic care program in the VA; a qualitative study of implementation challenges and associated strategies for improvement.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- [Outpatient Long/Post-COVID Care: Barriers and Desires of Affected Persons to Medical Care].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2023Article
- Immune Adsorption for the Treatment of Fatigue-Dominant Long-/Post-COVID Syndrome.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023Article
- Variations and Predictors of Post-COVID Syndrome Severity in Patients Attending a Post-COVID Outpatient Clinic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Post-COVID-19 Syndrome in Non-Hospitalized Individuals: Healthcare Situation 2 Years after SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Viruses · 2023Article
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- Self-reported Long COVID and its Determinants in a Rural North Indian Adult Population: Lessons Learnt from the Pandemic.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
introductionPost-COVID syndrome is increasingly recognized as a new clinical entity after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients living in rural areas may have to travel long with subjectively great effort to be examined using all necessary interdisciplinary tools. This problem could be addressed with mobile outpatient clinics.
methodsIn this prospective observational study, we investigated physical fitness, fatigue, depression, cognitive dysfunction, and dyspnea in patients with post-COVID syndrome in a mobile interdisciplinary post-COVID outpatient clinic. Upon referral from their primary care physician, patients were offered an appointment at a mobile post-COVID outpatient clinic close to their home.
resultsWe studied 125 patients (female, n = 79; 63.2%) in our mobile unit. All patients reported symptoms lasting for more than 12 weeks after acute infection. 88.3% and 64.1% of patients reported significant impairment in physical and mental quality of life. Patients reported a median of three symptoms. The most frequently reported symptoms were fatigue (86.4%), cognitive dysfunction (85.6%), and dyspnea (37.6%). 56.0% of patients performed at < 2.5th percentile at the 1 min sit-to-stand test compared to age- and sex-matched healthy controls, and 25 patients (20.0%) exhibited a drop in oxygen saturation. A questionnaire given to each patient regarding the mobile unit revealed a very high level of patient satisfaction.
conclusionThere is an increasing need for high-quality and locally available care for patients with post-COVID syndrome. A mobile post-COVID outpatient clinic is a new concept that may be particularly suitable for use in rural regions. Patients' satisfaction following visits in such units is very high.
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