Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Łomża State University of Applied Sciences, Akademicka 14, 18-400 Łomża, Poland.
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Białystok, Mieszka I 4B, 15-054 Białystok, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 26;19(19):12203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912203.
The study aimed to assess the level of dyspnoea during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.
The online questionnaire was conducted among 204 Polish adult respondents with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result. The level of dyspnoea was assessed by the modified Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnoea Scale in Polish.
Dyspnoea is most common in patients with severe COVID-19, and the prevalence of dyspnoea in the study population of patients with COVID-19 was low (34% respondents presented with dyspnoea with a score of 1 or higher).
There is a need for further investigation and close monitoring of the extent of dyspnoea in different social groups, especially in the event of a prolonged pandemic and the emergence of further waves of COVID-19.
本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 大流行期间波兰呼吸困难的程度。
这项在线问卷调查在 204 名波兰成年 SARS-CoV-2 检测阳性者中进行。呼吸困难的程度采用波兰语版改良医学研究理事会(MRC)呼吸困难量表进行评估。
呼吸困难在重症 COVID-19 患者中最为常见,本研究中 COVID-19 患者呼吸困难的发生率较低(34%的患者呼吸困难评分≥1)。
需要进一步调查,并密切监测不同社会群体呼吸困难的严重程度,尤其是在大流行持续和出现 COVID-19 进一步波次的情况下。