Translation and cultural adaptation of the COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale into German.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experts estimate that in up to 10% of the infected, SARS-CoV-2 would cause persistent symptoms, activity limitations and reduced quality of life. Referred to as long COVID, these conditions might, in the future, specifically impact German-speaking countries due to their higher rates of unvaccinated people compared to other Western countries. Accurate measurement of symptom burden and its consequences is needed to manage conditions such as long COVID, and several tools have been developed to do so. However, no patient-reported instrument existed in the German language at the time of writing.

Objective

This study, therefore, aimed to develop a German version of the COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale (C19-YRS).

Methods

We conducted a translation and quali

SUBMITTER: Sperl L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409085 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature