ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Health Resort Treatment Improves Functioning and Physical Performance in Long COVID Patients: A Retrospective Study.
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- Impact of Comprehensive Health Resort Treatment on Insomnia and Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Pre-Experimental Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A health resort-based intervention reduces insomnia with minimal changes in quality of life in COVID-19 survivors and non-COVID-19 controls.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Longer Health Resort Therapy Improves Outcomes in Long COVID: A Retrospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Long COVID in Healthcare Workers from a Pediatric Hospital in Romania: A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence, Symptom Burden, and the Role of Vaccination and Reinfection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Health Resort Treatment Mitigates Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Long COVID Patients: A Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
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objectivesThe physical performance and functional status of individuals with long COVID may be altered. Health resort treatment comprises balneology, exercises, physical medicine modalities, and climate therapy. Complex treatment in a sanatorium may have a positive effect on long COVID patients. This study assessed functional status, physical performance, and fatigue in people with long COVID that qualified for the health resort treatment and its efficacy in this group of patients.
methodsA retrospective review of the medical records of 116 patients (66 women and 50 men) undergoing health resort treatment for long COVID in 2021 at the Rehabilitation Hospital and Sanatorium "Gwarek" in Goczałkowice-Zdrój (Poland) was conducted. Data were collected between March and May 2024. Their functional status, physical performance, and level of fatigue were assessed twice: before and after the treatment.
resultsAfter the health resort treatment, their physical performance (10.41 points ± 1.84 points vs. 11.57 points ± 0.94 points;
conclusionsFatigue was of moderate intensity in the long COVID patients that qualified for the health resort treatment. Most of the long COVID patients reported mild functional limitations, whereas their physical performance was undisturbed. Health resort treatment improved functioning in patients with persistent COVID-19 symptoms by reducing fatigue, improving their functional capacity and physical performance. It should be recommended as a supplement to the standard treatment because of its complexity.
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