Post-acute (long) COVID-19 quality of life: validation of the German version of (PAC19QoL) instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of our study was to validate a German translation of the post-acute (long) COVID-19 quality of life (PAC-19QoL) instrument among German patients with long COVID-19 syndrome.

Patients and methods

The PAC-19QoL instrument was translated into the German language and administrated to patients with long COVID-19 syndrome. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to analyze the internal consistency of the instrument. Construction validity was evaluated by using Pearson's correlation coefficient and Spearman's rank correlation. Scores of patients and controls were compared using the Mann-Whitney U-test.

Results

A total of 45 asymptomatic and 41 symptomatic participants were included. In total, 41 patients with long COVID-19 syndrome completed the PAC-19Qo

SUBMITTER: Umakanthan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349205 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature