Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Physical Symptoms Post-COVID-19 Condition: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study

Autor: Maha M. AlRasheed, Sinaa Al-Aqeel, Ghada I. Aboheimed, Noura M. AlRasheed, Norah Othman Abanmy, Ghadeer Abdulaziz Alhamid, Hadeel Mohammed Alnemari, Saad Alkhowaiter, Abdullah Rashed Alharbi, Fowad Khurshid, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham A. Jahrami, Ahmed S. BaHammam
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Healthcare, Vol 11, Iss 11, p 1660 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-9032
33816921
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11111660
Popis: The magnitude of post-COVID-19 syndrome was not thoroughly investigated. This study evaluated the quality of life and persistence of fatigue and physical symptoms of individuals post-COVID-19 compared with noninfected controls. The study included 965 participants; 400 had previous COVID-19 disease and 565 controls without COVID-19. The questionnaire collected data on comorbidities, COVID-19 vaccination, general health questions, and physical symptoms, in addition to validated measures of quality of life (SF-36 scale), fatigue (fatigue severity scale, FSS), and dyspnea grade. COVID-19 participants complained more frequently of weakness, muscle pain, respiratory symptoms, voice disorders, imbalance, taste and smell loss, and menstrual problems compared to the controls. Joint symptoms, tingling, numbness, hypo/hypertension, sexual dysfunction, headache, bowel, urinary, cardiac, and visual symptoms did not differ between groups. Dyspnea grade II–IV did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.116). COVID-19 patients scored lower on the SF-36 domains of role physical (p = 0.045), vitality (p < 0.001), reported health changes (p < 0.001), and mental-components summary (p = 0.014). FSS scores were significantly higher in COVID-19 participants (3 (1.8–4.3) vs. 2.6 (1.4–4); p < 0.001). COVID-19 effects could persist beyond the acute infection phase. These effects include changes in quality of life, fatigue, and persistence of physical symptoms.
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