Prevalence and risk factors of disability and anxiety in a retrospective cohort of 432 survivors of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (Covid-19) from China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of disability and anxiety in Covid-19 survivors at discharge from hospital and analyze relative risk by exposures.

Design

Multi-center retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Twenty-eight hospitals located in eight provinces of China.

Methods

A total of 432 survivors with laboratory-confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection participated in this study. At discharge, we assessed instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) with Lawton's IADL scale, dependence in activities of daily living (ADL) with the Barthel Index, and anxiety with Zung's self-reported anxiety scale. Exposures included comorbidity, smoking, setting (Hubei vs. others), disease severity, symptoms, and length of hospital stay. Other risk factors considered were age, gender

SUBMITTER: Zhu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7746260 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature