Factors associated with quality of life in long-COVID syndrome.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q3 REHABILITATION

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI:10.1097/MRR.0000000000000654

Artemios Artemiadis, Andreas G Tofarides, Andreas Liampas, Christiana Ioannou, Katerina Christodoulou, Rafaela Louka, George Vavougios, Panagiotis Zis, Panagiotis Bargiotas, Georgios Hadjigeorgiou

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Abstract

Approximately 10% of patients experience persistent symptoms following COVID-19, known as long-COVID syndrome. This cross-sectional study explored factors of quality of life (QoL) in 53 long-COVID patients. QoL was measured using the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index, fatigue with the Fatigue Visual Analogue Scale, and psychological health with the Depression-Anxiety-Stress-21 questionnaire. Six neuropsychological tests assessed information processing speed, verbal memory, visual memory, working memory, attention, language, fluency, recall, and visuospatial function with a composite score calculated by averaging z scores. Patients (76% female, mean age: 54.1 years) were assessed 8.7 months postinfection. Cognitive impairment, present in 49% of the sample, was not associated with QoL. In multiple linear regression, gender, fatigue, and psychological distress accounted for 42% of QoL variance, with fatigue and distress contributing 7% and 11%, respectively. Further studies are needed to determine if fatigue and psychological distress are causally related to QoL in long-COVID and could be treatment targets.

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International Journal of Rehabilitation Research REHABILITATION-

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3.10

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Rehabilitation Research is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary forum for the publication of research into functioning, disability and contextual factors experienced by persons of all ages in both developed and developing societies. The wealth of information offered makes the journal a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and administrators in such fields as rehabilitation medicine, outcome measurement nursing, social and vocational rehabilitation/case management, return to work, special education, social policy, social work and social welfare, sociology, psychology, psychiatry assistive technology and environmental factors/disability. Areas of interest include functioning and disablement throughout the life cycle; rehabilitation programmes for persons with physical, sensory, mental and developmental disabilities; measurement of functioning and disability; special education and vocational rehabilitation; equipment access and transportation; information technology; independent living; consumer, legal, economic and sociopolitical aspects of functioning, disability and contextual factors.