Health related quality of life of hospitalized Covid - 19 survivors at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

Nguyen Thien Minh, Do Thi Lan Anh, Nguyen Thi Truong Xuan, Ly Tieu Long, Dang Thi Thien Ngan, Nguyen Thi Hoang Hue, Nguyen Thi Bach Ngọc, Huynh Thi Kim Tuyen, Sam Ha Nhu Vu, Le Phuoc Hung, Pham Thi Kim Yen

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COVID-19 affects both physical and mental health of patients seriously. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on patients' health related quality of life is an important key to developing policies and community intervention programs. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 324 inpatient COVID-19 patients at Pham Ngoc Thach hospital; at the time of discharge, in november 2021, the Vietnamese version of the EQ-5D-5L quality of life scale was used for the survey. Health related quality of life score and standard deviation of all 324 study subjects were 0.874 ± 0.216, respectively. More than one-third (33.3%) of participants with COVID-19 had anxiety/melancholy. After multivariate analysis and controlling for potential confounding factors, the study showed that female patients had a higher quality of life than male patients; as age peaks, the quality of life decreased; p revalence of diabetes and/or former pulmonary/extra pulmonary tuberculosis were factors that reduce quality of life among patients with COVID-19. Moreover, screening for mental disorders among hospitalized COVID-19 patients should be done for all patients to identify the problems as the early stage.

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