Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2021 Jan 31;59(233):7-11. doi: 10.31729/jnma.5980.
COVID-19 is an emerging global health pandemic causing tremendous morbidity and mortality worldwide. Chronic symptoms progressing to poor functional status have been reported in a substantial proportion of COVID-19 patients worldwide. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of functional limitation in COVID-19 recovered patients using the post-COVID-19 functional status scale.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. COVID-19 recovered patients with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction negative status were included and assessed using the post-COVID-19 functional status scale. Data entry and analysis was done in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20.0. Descriptive statistics were performed.
A total of 106 patients were included for the final analysis. More than half of the patients (56.6%) reported having no functional limitation (grade 0), while the prevalence of some degree of functional limitation was observed in 46 (43.4%) patients (grade 1 to 4).
Some form of functional limitation should be anticipated after COVID-19 infection. Post-COVID-19 functional status scale can be a valuable tool in determining the prevalence of functional limitation in COVID-19 recovered patients in acute health care settings. It can potentially guide in planning rehabilitative measures in post-acute care management of COVID-19 survivors.
COVID-19 是一种新兴的全球健康大流行疾病，在全球范围内造成了巨大的发病率和死亡率。全球范围内相当一部分 COVID-19 患者报告出现慢性症状进展为功能状态不佳。本研究旨在使用 COVID-19 后功能状态量表来确定 COVID-19 康复患者中功能受限的患病率。
在特里布万大学教学医院进行了一项描述性横断面研究。将逆转录-聚合酶链反应阴性状态的 COVID-19 康复患者纳入并使用 COVID-19 后功能状态量表进行评估。在统计软件包 20.0 中进行数据录入和分析。进行描述性统计。
共有 106 例患者纳入最终分析。超过一半的患者（56.6%）报告没有功能受限（等级 0），而 46 例（43.4%）患者存在不同程度的功能受限（等级 1 至 4）。
COVID-19 感染后应预期出现某种形式的功能受限。COVID-19 后功能状态量表可作为一种有用的工具，用于确定急性保健环境中 COVID-19 康复患者中功能受限的患病率。它可能有助于指导 COVID-19 幸存者在急性后护理管理中制定康复措施。
