Assessment Of Manifestations And Functional Status Of Post-COVID-19 Patients

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The subjects who recovered from COVID-19 should undergo long-term monitoring for evaluation and treatment of symptoms and conditions that might be precipitated with the new coronavirus infection. About 90% of the recovered participants had post-COVID-19 manifestations, which included various symptoms and illnesses ranging from mild to severe. Aim(s) This study analyses post COVID-19 manifestations severity and impact on recovered patients based on hospitalization. Material(s) and Method(s) The sample size was calculated using RAO software to be 514 samples. COVID-19 survivors (RT-PCR positive result) were included in the study. COVID-19 survivors include the patient under phase 1 category (2-5 weeks), 1st section socio demographic factors like name, age, gender. 2nd section to observe the clinical manifestations, questions were developed based on previous studies validated. To study the functional status post covid-19 functional status scale has be used. Result(s) In the study, most people shows that the post-COVID-19 symptoms persists after COVID-19 were found to be higher. Even though hospitalized patients shows more recurrance of the symptoms than the non hospitalized patients. Gastrointestinal symptoms shows more recurrance than other symptoms in hospitalized patients. Conclusion(s) The study result provided an insight to the complications of COVID-19 recovery when left unchecked and unattended. In this study higher count of hospitalized patients reporting post COVID-19 manifestations with more severity than non-hospitalized patients. Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.