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Health-related quality of life and associated factors among COVID-19 individuals managed with indian traditional medicine: A cross-sectional study from south India.
Elumalai, Rajalakshmi; Bagepally, Bhavani Shankara; Ponnaiah, Manickam; Bhatnagar, Tarun; Barani, Suganya; Kannan, Poornima; Kantham, Lakshmi; Sathiyarajeswaran, P; D, Sasikumar.
  • Elumalai R; ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Bagepally BS; ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Ponnaiah M; ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Bhatnagar T; ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Barani S; Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Kannan P; ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Kantham L; National Institute of Siddha, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Sathiyarajeswaran P; Central Council for Research in Siddha, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • D S; Government Siddha Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Clin Epidemiol Glob Health ; 20: 101250, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2229752
ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) had a multidimensional impact on human life. It affects the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) which is a perceived measure of physical and mental health. We estimated the EuroQol utility value for COVID-19 and the associated factors for those managed at Siddha COVID care centres in Tamil Nadu.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was conducted by a telephonic interview of 2000 randomly selected COVID-19 adults tested positive during June 2020 to Jan 2021. We collected sociodemographic, clinical and EQ-5D-5L profile. Mean EQ-5D-5L summary utility values and EQ-VAS scores were estimated. Multivariate regression was used to examine the factors associated with EQ-5D-5L. Study protocol was approved by the Institutional ethics committee of Government Siddha Medical College, Chennai (GSMC-CH-3401/ME-2/050/2021). The committee waived the written informed consent considering the pandemic situation of emerging infectious diseases.

Results:

We interviewed 1047 participants. Of the total 68% were males with the median age (IQR) of 38 (29-51) years. The mean EQ-5D-5L utility score and EQ-VAS scores are 0.98 ± 0.05 and 92.14 ± 0.39 respectively. COVID-19 asymptomatic group reported a mean utility score of 0.99 ± 0.03 which is relatively more than the symptomatic group (0.97 ± 0.06),. EQ-VAS score was also reported high among the asymptomatic (95.45 ± 5.95) than the symptomatic (91.40 ± 8.69COVID-19.

Conclusion:

The severity of illness and the comorbidity are significantly associated with a low HRQoL of COVID-19 patients.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Traditional medicine Language: English Journal: Clin Epidemiol Glob Health Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.cegh.2023.101250

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Traditional medicine Language: English Journal: Clin Epidemiol Glob Health Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.cegh.2023.101250