Post-COVID-19 functional status: Relation to age, smoking, hospitalization, and previous comorbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Rational

Recently, a new "Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) scale" is recommended in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is proposed that it could be used to display direct retrieval and the functional sequelae of COVID-19.

Aim of the study

The aim of the study was to assess the PCFS and to evaluate if age, gender, smoking, hospitalization, and comorbidities have any effect on functional limitations in recovered COVID-19 patients.

Methods

A total of 444 registered confirmed COVID-19 patients were included. They were interviewed in our follow-up clinics and filled an Arabic translated PCFS scale as well as their demographic and clinical data.

Results

Eighty percent of COVID-19 recovered cases have diverse degrees of functional restrictions ranging from neglig

SUBMITTER: Mohamed Hussein AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388571 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature