The health-related quality of life in Iranian patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is a public health emergency with a high mortality rate and it reduces the patient's Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) significantly. This effect is measured in the current study.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study in Iran, 320 randomly selected treated patients from COVID-19 were studied. To collect the required data, we applied a questionnaire that included socio-demographic factors, clinical characteristics, and questions on the patients' HRQoL. Time trade-off (TTO) approach was used to measure the lost HRQoL attributed to COVID-19. Besides, we applied a two-limit Tobit regression model to determine the effects of the socio-demographic factors on patients' health utility and the visual analogue scale approach was used to estimate the perceived tot

SUBMITTER: Alinia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8135385 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature