Impact of COVID-19 on health-related quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease: a multi-ethnic Asian study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the impact of the global coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), the biggest global killer and major risk factor for severe COVID-19 infections. We aim to explore the indirect consequences of COVID-19 on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with CVD.

Methods

Eighty-one adult outpatients with CVD were assessed using the EQ-5D, a generic health status instrument with five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression), before and during the pandemic. Changes in the EQ-5D dimensional responses were compared categorically as well as using the dimension-specific sum-score (range 1-3, with a higher score indicating worse health). The responses

SUBMITTER: Lim SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734458 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature