Health-related quality of life in persons post-COVID-19 infection in comparison to normative controls and chronic pain patients.

ABSTRACT: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic exerted a tremendous pressure on the healthcare system, people's social life, mental health and financial status with profound implications for the general population. The exact impact of the pandemic on the overall physical, mental and social wellbeing of COVID-19 infection survivors on the long term has not yet been explored in a thorough way. Based on the reporting of persistent pain, fatigue and dyspnea symptoms by these survivors, it is our hypothesis that their quality of life will be extremely impacted, as is observed in patients with chronic pain. Therefore, the first aim of this study was to perform an in-depth evaluation of the quality of life of post-COVID-19 infected persons. The second aim was to compare the quality of life of t

SUBMITTER: Moens M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632164 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature