Health-related quality of life among COVID-19 individuals: A cross-sectional study in Tamil Nadu, India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire is a tool that is a very generic and preference-based instrument to describe the health-related quality of life. We have generated the stratified index utility value for the Tamil Nadu population and compared the utility values based on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods

We conducted a community-based analytical cross-sectional study using telephonic interviews from November 2020 till December 2020 among individuals aged 18 years and above who were infected by the coronavirus confirmed with an RT-PCR within 30 days in Tamil Nadu State. EQ-5D-5L profile, socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants were collected and analysed.

Results

We interviewed 372 participants, with 57.5% wer

SUBMITTER: Barani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8739503 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature