Persistent Symptoms and Disability After COVID-19 Hospitalization: Data From a Comprehensive Telerehabilitation Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report symptoms, disability, and rehabilitation referral rates after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization in a large, predominantly older population.

Design

Cross-sectional study, with postdischarge telemonitoring of individuals hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 at the first month after hospital discharge, as part of a comprehensive telerehabilitation program.

Setting

Private verticalized health care network specialized in the older population.

Participants

Individuals hospitalized because of COVID-19. We included 1696 consecutive patients, aged 71.8±13.0 years old and 56.1% female. Comorbidities were present in 82.3% of the cases (N=1696).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Dependence for basic acti

SUBMITTER: Leite VF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7943375 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature