ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the quality of life perceived by patients after recovery from COVID-19 in a period of time between 6 and 12 months after hospital discharge. Material and/or methods: Prospective observational study, IDI-REM-2020 code and EUPAS34551 registration, non-interventional, telephone survey from 6 months after discharge date. Health questionnaire consisted of 13 questions covering 8 dimensions (physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning and emotional role). Results: Out of 250 patients included and hospitalized in the first wave of the pandemic, from March to April 2020, 161 patients were surveyed. As for the data recorded: at the beginning of the questionnaire general health was fair or poor in 39.8% of respondents and in the rest there was no impact. Social activities had no impact in 39% of the respondents, and only 26.3% had appreciable impact. As for bodily pain, although it did not hinder the usual work in 83.6% of the respondents, in the rest it was a major limitation. Emotional problems affected daily activity in 29.4% of cases. After suffering COVID infection, 50.3% of the participants indicated that their health worsened while in 45.9% it remained the same or even improved in 3.1% of the participants. Conclusions: The quality of life questionnaire is essential to complete a clinical data registry and to understand whether COVID-19 infection is affecting health in the months following infection. In this cohort of patients, a negative impact on health was seen in half of the patients followed.