Comparison of post-COVID symptoms in patients with different severity profiles of the acute disease visited at a rehabilitation unit

Autor: Jean Claude Perrot, Macarena Segura, Marta Beranuy, Ignasi Gich, Mª Josepa Nadal, Alberto Pintor, Jimena Terra, Eliot Ramirez, Luis Daniel Paz, Helena Bascuñana, Vicente Plaza, Mª Rosa Güell-Rous
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: PloS one. 17(9)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Background and aimStudies in the literature suggest the severity of COVID-19 may impact on post-COVID sequelae. We retrospectively compared the different patterns of symptoms in relation to the severity of acute COVID-19 in patients visited at our post-COVID rehabilitation unit.MethodsWe compared respiratory, muscular, cognitive, emotional, and health-related-quality-of-life (HRQoL) measures in three groups of post-COVID patients: those who had not required hospitalization for the acute disease, those who had been admitted to a general hospital ward, and those who had been admitted to the ICU. The main inclusion criteria were persistent dyspnoea (mMRC ≥2) and/or clinical frailty (scale value ≥3).ResultsWe analyzed data from 178 post-COVID patients (91 admitted to the ICU, 60 to the ward, and 27 who had not required admission) at first visit to our post-COVID rehabilitation unit. Most patients (85.4%) had at least one comorbidity. There were more males in all groups (58.1%). ICU patients were older (pConclusionClinical profiles of post-COVID syndrome differed between groups. Muscle parameters were lower in the ICU group but patients who had not needed ICU admission had worse anxiety and HRQoL scores. Many patients who had not required mechanical ventilation had respiratory muscle weakness.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:NCT04852718
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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