Providing rehabilitation to patients recovering from COVID-19: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To synthesize the nature and extent of research on rehabilitation care provision to patients with COVID-19. Specifically, we aimed to (1) describe the impact of COVID on patients and associated rehabilitation needs, (2) outline the adaptations and preparations required to enable the provision of COVID rehabilitation, (3) describe the types of rehabilitation services and treatments provided to COVID patients, and (4) identify barriers and facilitators to delivering COVID rehabilitation.

Literature survey

We searched Medline, PsychINFO, Embase, and CINAHL on June 26, 2020 using key words such as "rehabilitation," "physical medicine," "allied health professionals," and variations of "COVID." The search was updated on October 13, 2020. We included articles published in

SUBMITTER: Wasilewski MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8441670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature