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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Exploring Rehabilitation Provider Experiences of Providing Health Services for People Living with Long COVID in Alberta.

Sidney Horlick, Jacqueline A Krysa, Katelyn Brehon, Kiran Pohar Manhas, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Kristine Russell, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Douglas P Gross, Chester Ho

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Patient and Professional Perspectives on Long COVID: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sidney HorlickNeurosciences, Rehabilitation and Vision, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada.
Jacqueline A KrysaNeurosciences, Rehabilitation and Vision, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2854-4187
Katelyn BrehonRehabilitation Research Centre, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.
Kiran Pohar ManhasNeurosciences, Rehabilitation and Vision, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada.
Katharina Kovacs BurnsSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6322-0778
Kristine RussellNeurosciences, Rehabilitation and Vision, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0008-5645-3697
Elizabeth PapathanassoglouNeurosciences, Rehabilitation and Vision, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7439-1492
Douglas P GrossRehabilitation Research Centre, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2427-6277
Chester HoNeurosciences, Rehabilitation and Vision, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada.

Funding

CIHR Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 infection can result in persistent symptoms, known as long COVID. Understanding the provider experience of service provision for people with long COVID symptoms is crucial for improving care quality and addressing potential challenges. Currently, there is limited knowledge about the provider experience of long COVID service delivery.

aimTo explore the provider experience of delivering health services to people living with long COVID at select primary, rehabilitation, and specialty care sites. DESIGN AND

settingThis study employed qualitative description methodology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with frontline providers at primary care, rehabilitation, and specialty care sites across Alberta. Participants were interviewed between June and September 2022.

methodInterviews were conducted virtually over zoom, audio-recorded, and transcribed with consent. Iterative inductive qualitative content analysis of transcripts was employed. Relationships between emergent themes were examined for causality or reciprocity, then clustered into content areas and further abstracted into a priori categories through their interpretive joint meaning.

participantsA total of 15 participants across Alberta representing diverse health care disciplines were interviewed.

resultsMain themes include: the importance of education for long COVID recognition; the role of symptom acknowledgement in patient-centred long COVID service delivery; the need to develop recovery expectations; and opportunities for improvement of navigation and wayfinding to long COVID services.

conclusionsProvider experience of delivering long COVID care can be used to inform patient-centred service delivery for persons with long COVID symptoms.

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COVID-19Post-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeAlbertaHealth ServicesHumansQualitative ResearchCOVID-19long COVIDprovider experiencequalitative

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PMID38131727
PMCPMC10743286

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