Suresh Harshini, Nagaraja Manjunatha S
Department of Community Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jun;11(6):2672-2677. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1754_21. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus has increased the morbidity and mortality across the world. The most common symptoms are fever, dry cough, tiredness, and the least common symptoms are aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache and loss of taste or smell. In this current pandemic, the number of COVID-19 survivors being discharged from the hospital is increasing day by day and the long-term effect among the survivors is also increasing. Fatigue and dyspnea were the most reported Post COVID symptoms. The presence of these symptoms is also known as "Long COVID". COVID-19 disease has not only affected the physical health but also the mental health of the patients which also had led to decrease in their quality of life.
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 35 patients who were admitted in District hospital in Mysuru during the month of October 2020. Purposive Sampling was adopted for selecting the patients. Data was collected through telephone after their discharge. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel sheet and analysed using SPSS trial version 23. Descriptive statistics such as percentages and proportions were calculated. To see the association between the variables, Chi-square test, Fischer's exact test was used. P < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant.
The mean age of the study participants was 49.1 years. Majority of them had fever (68.6%) followed by Myalgia (65.7%), cough (60%), fatigue (42.9%), headache (37.1%) Majority of the patients had no symptoms after discharge (65.7%). After being discharged from the hospital, 22.9% of patients had difficulty in sleeping, 17.1% had loss of taste/smell and fatigue, 8.6% of them had breathlessness and 5.7% of the patients had a change in voice and loss of appetite.
With the increasing number of cases across the world, we will most likely face an ongoing wave of COVID-19 sequelae. To Prevent this, an extensive rehabilitation program is necessary for patients during hospitalization and after discharge.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起，已导致全球发病率和死亡率上升。最常见的症状是发热、干咳、乏力，最不常见的症状是疼痛、咽痛、腹泻、结膜炎、头痛以及味觉或嗅觉丧失。在当前这场大流行中，从医院出院的COVID-19幸存者数量日益增加，幸存者中的长期影响也在增加。疲劳和呼吸困难是报告最多的新冠后症状。这些症状的存在也被称为“长新冠”。COVID-19疾病不仅影响了患者的身体健康，还影响了他们的心理健康，这也导致他们的生活质量下降。
对2020年10月期间在迈索尔地区医院住院的35例患者进行了一项回顾性横断面研究。采用目的抽样法选择患者。出院后通过电话收集数据。数据录入Microsoft Excel工作表，并使用SPSS 23试用版进行分析。计算了百分比和比例等描述性统计数据。为了观察变量之间的关联，使用了卡方检验、费舍尔精确检验。P < 0.05被视为具有统计学意义。
研究参与者的平均年龄为49.1岁。他们中大多数人有发热（68.6%），其次是肌痛（65.7%）、咳嗽（60%）、疲劳（42.9%）、头痛（37.1%）。大多数患者出院后没有症状（65.7%）。出院后，22.9%的患者有睡眠困难，17.1%的患者有味觉/嗅觉丧失和疲劳，8.6%的患者有呼吸困难，5.7%的患者有声音改变和食欲不振。
随着全球病例数量的增加，我们很可能会面临一波持续的COVID-19后遗症。为防止这种情况，在患者住院期间和出院后需要为其制定广泛的康复计划。
