Post-COVID-19 functional status: Relation to age, smoking, hospitalization, and previous comorbidities.

Autor: Mohamed Hussein AA; Department of Chest, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt., Saad M; Faculty of Medicine, Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt., Zayan HE; Department of Gastroenterology and Infectious Disease, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt., Abdelsayed M; Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospitals, Aswan, Egypt., Moustafa M; Department of Chest, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt., Ezzat AR; Department of Medical Pharmacy, Asswan University, Aswan, Egypt., Helmy R; Faculty of Pharmacy, Asswan University, Aswan, Egypt., Abd-Elaal H; Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt., Aly K; Department of Cardiology, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt., Abdelrheem S; Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt., Sayed I; Faculty of Medicine, Aswan Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of thoracic medicine [Ann Thorac Med] 2021 Jul-Sep; Vol. 16 (3), pp. 260-265. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 20.
DOI: 10.4103/atm.atm_606_20
Abstrakt: Rational: Recently, a new "Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) scale" is recommended in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is proposed that it could be used to display direct retrieval and the functional sequelae of COVID-19.
Aim of the Study: The aim of the study was to assess the PCFS and to evaluate if age, gender, smoking, hospitalization, and comorbidities have any effect on functional limitations in recovered COVID-19 patients.
Methods: A total of 444 registered confirmed COVID-19 patients were included. They were interviewed in our follow-up clinics and filled an Arabic translated PCFS scale as well as their demographic and clinical data.
Results: Eighty percent of COVID-19 recovered cases have diverse degrees of functional restrictions ranging from negligible (63.1%), slight (14.4%), moderate (2%), to severe (0.5%) based on PCFS. Furthermore, there was a substantial variance between the score of PCFS with age ( P = 0.003), gender ( P = 0.014), the duration since the onset of the symptoms of COVID-19 ( P < 0.001), need for oxygen supplementation ( P < 0.001), need for intensive care unit (ICU) admittance ( P = 0.003), previous periodic influenza vaccination ( P < 0.001), smoking status ( P < 0.001), and finally, the presence of any comorbid disorder ( P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Most of the COVID-19 recovered cases have diverse degrees of functional restrictions ranging from negligible to severe based on PCFS. These restrictions were affected by age, gender, periodic influenza vaccination, smoking, duration since symptoms onset, need for oxygen or ICU admittance, and finally the presence of coexisting comorbidity.
Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright: © 2021 Annals of Thoracic Medicine.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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