Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en pacientes recuperados de COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: the presence of symptoms after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection is frequent and has an impact on patients’ quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess the Health-related Quality of Life of COVID-19 survivors and to ascertain which factors are related to worse results. Methods: An observational, cross-sectional study has been performed, using, a telephone survey that was administered to all patients with COVID-19 from the first pandemic wave in our healthcare area ten months after the acute infection. Patients with dementia and nursing home residents were excluded. Health-related quality of life was assessed using the EQ-5D instrument and its indices EQ-VAS and EQ-Health Index. Results: 443 answers were collected. Mean age was 54±16 and 38.4% of patients were male. The most affected domain was anxiety/depression (23.9% of patients) and mobility (16.5%). Mean global EQ-VAS score was 75.8±18.7, and mean EQ-Health Index was 0.884±0.174. Both VAS and Health Index scores were lower in females, patients older than 65 years, patients with comorbidities, and those who needed hospital admission during the acute infection. VAS scores in our sample were lower than in the general Spanish population, but similar to the scores in our region prior to the pandemic. Female sex, hospital admission, and a lower educational status were independently associated to lower EQ-Health Index scoring. Conclusion: while health self-perception is affected after COVID-19, this might not be directly related to the infection. There exist profiles of patients more prone to a worse quality of life in which interventions may be considered.

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