Pakistan Health Research Council, Head Office, Islamabad, Pakistan; Department of Life Sciences, University of Management & Technology (UMT), Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Medicine, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Nov-Dec;14(6):1621-1623. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.08.028. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
We sought to measure the effect of lockdown, implemented to contain COVID-19 infection, on routine living and health of patients with chronic diseases and challenges faced by them.
A semi-structured online questionnaire was generated using "Google forms" and sent to the patients with chronic diseases using WhatsApp. Data were retrieved and analyzed using SPSS.
Out of 181 participants, 98% reported effect of lockdown on their routine living while 45% reported an effect on their health. The key challenges due to lockdown were to do daily exercise, missed routine checkup/lab testing and daily health care.
It is important to strategize the plan for patients with chronic diseases during pandemic or lockdown.
我们旨在衡量为控制 COVID-19 感染而实施的封锁对慢性病患者的日常生活和健康以及他们所面临的挑战的影响。
使用“Google 表单”生成半结构化在线问卷，并通过 WhatsApp 发送给慢性病患者。使用 SPSS 检索和分析数据。
在 181 名参与者中，98%的人报告封锁对他们的日常生活有影响，而 45%的人报告封锁对他们的健康有影响。由于封锁而产生的主要挑战是进行日常锻炼、错过常规检查/实验室检测和日常保健。
在大流行或封锁期间，为慢性病患者制定计划非常重要。
