ABSTRACT
Introduction: Due to the pandemic caused by SARS-COV2, a great number of infections occurred, so the Respiratory Nursing Unit of the Hospital Virgen del Rocio, proposed the creation of the post - COVID Nursing Consultation for the follow-up of those patients who needed hospitalization produced by SARS CoV2 infection. Objective(s): to assess the patient's symptoms after being discharged and to analyze the degree of adherence to treatment. Method(s): Cross-sectional descriptive observational study based on the analysis of a cohort of 120 patients. Data collection from July 2020 to March 2021: time of admission, associated symptoms, adherence to treatment, sex. The consultation is carried out by the nursing team of the unit in person and by telephone once a week with quarterly reviews until completing the year with discharge if appropriate. We use the validated scales of mMRC, Barthel and Goldberg. Result(s): Cohort of 120 patients, 53 women and 67 men. First visit: 1 month +/- 1 week after hospital discharge. Symptomatology associated with the process: dyspnea: 80% after Intensive Care Unit, 20% after hospitalization. Anxiety: 60% after ICU, 75% after hospitalization. Depression: 58% after ICU, 42% after hospitalization. Adherence to pharmacological treatment: 51 women, 57 men. Adherence to non-pharmacological treatment: 42 women, 47 men. Second visit: Three months +/- 1 week after hospital discharge. Dyspnea: 50 patients. Anxiety: 22 patients. Depression: 31 patients. Adherence to pharmacological treatment: 52 women, 65 men. Adherence to nonpharmacological treatment: 50 women, 56 men. Conclusion(s): The nursing intervention in the post - COVID follow-up demonstrates a decrease in patients and anxiety and depression and an increase in adherence to treatment.