COVID-Q: Validation of the first COVID-19 questionnaire based on patient-rated symptom gravity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to develop and validate the CoronaVirus-Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Questionnaire (COVID-Q), a novel symptom questionnaire specific for COVID-19 patients, to provide a comprehensive evaluation that may be helpful for physicians, and evaluate the questionnaire's performance in identifying subjects at higher risk of testing positive.

Materials and methods

Consecutive non-hospitalised adults who underwent nasopharyngeal-throat swab for severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection at Treviso Hospital in March 2020, were enrolled. Subjects were divided into positive (cases) and negative (controls). All subjects answered the COVID-Q. Patients not able to answer COVID-Q because of clinical conditions were excluded. P

SUBMITTER: Spinato G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646717 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature