Changes in quality of life and dyspnoea after hospitalization in COVID-19 patients discharged at home.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, the effects of COVID-19 pneumonia on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and dyspnoea are unknown.

Methods

In a real-life observational study, 20 patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia received usual care plus erdosteine (300 mg twice daily) for 15 days after hospital discharge following local standard operating procedures. At discharge (T0) and on Day 15 (T1), participants completed the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale of dyspnoea during daily activity, the BORG scale for dyspnoea during exertion, and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for dyspnoea at rest. Paired t-tests compared scores at T0 and T1.

Results

The mean (SD) SGRQ total score decreased from 25.5 (15.5) at T0 to 16.9 (13.2)

SUBMITTER: Santus P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7582021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature