Self-Assessed Aspects of Health 3 Months after COVID-19 Hospitalization: A Swedish Cross-Sectional Study
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 19, no 13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
It is not yet fully understood how the patients self-assess their overall health in the early recovery after COVID-19 and if certain patient groups are more prominent in perceived long-time effects of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to describe self-assessed aspects of health in body function, activity and participation 3 months after hospitalization due to COVID-19 and identify difference between groups depending in age, sex and level of hospital care. This cross-sectional study consists of self-assessed aspects of health and recovery in 168 participants (mean age 64 years old, 69% men) previously hospitalized patients due to COVID-19. We have previously published data, from hospital discharge, on this cohort were predominantly the older patients and previous ICU-treated participants were affected. In this study there were differences in between groups. Of the study population 72% perceived fatigue, 64% respiratory difficulties, 37% perceived symptoms of anxiety. Three-months after COVID-19 this cohort was overall still affected. The recovery process is multifaced and the cohort heterogeneous, hence the rehabilitation needs to be highly individualized, and the follow-up of this patient group is of importance regardless of age, sex and previous level of hospital care.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2022. Vol. 19, no 13
Keywords [en]
Anxiety; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Sweden; Sweden; COVID-19; hospital sector; mental health; public health; self assessment; adult; anxiety disorder; Article; cognition; cohort analysis; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; daily life activity; fatigue; female; functional assessment; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; hospital care; hospital discharge; hospitalization; human; Impact of Events Scale; informed consent; major clinical study; male; middle aged; Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory; patient-reported outcome; Post-COVID-19 Functional Status scale; respiratory function; respiratory tract disease; self evaluation; social behavior; structured interview; anxiety; epidemiology; hospitalization; Sweden
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-19155DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19138020ISI: 000823912600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85133120615OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-19155DiVA, id: diva2:1707375
Note
This study was funded by grants from the Swedish government under an agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils (ALF 942911, ALF 71980), Forte/Formas (2020-02775), Vastra gotaland regional research funding (VGFOUREG-940508, VGFOUREG-969267),The Local Research and Development Council Gothenburg and Södra Bohuslän (VGFOUGSB-969990) and Sahlgrenska University hospital research funds (SU-96105).
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