Transitional care of post-COVID-19 patients: from hospital discharge to home

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Fabianne
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Arrais, Diego João de Lima, Costa, Maria Fernanda Baeta Neves Alonso da, Riegel, Fernando, Cunha, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo da, Parente, Andressa Tavares, Aben-Athar, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis, Ramos, Aline Maria Cruz
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/4152
• topic: Idoso; Diabetes Mellitus; Qualidade de Vida; COVID-19; Envelhecimento; Aged; Diabetes Mellitus; Quality of Life; SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19); Aging

Objective: To assess the quality of the care transition of post-COVID-19 patients who were discharged from the hospital service to their home. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study carried out in a university hospital in Northern Brazil, from May to December 2021. The sample consisted of 49 participants. Data collection took place through a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Care Transitions Measure (CTM-15) translated and validated into Portuguese. Results: The mean score for the transition of care was 87.4 (±16.1). Factor 1 (Self-Management Training) had an average score of 82.6 (± 14.8), Factor 2 (Understanding of Medication) 86.6 (± 15.0), Factor 3 (Respected Preferences) 82.0 ( ± 16.7) and Factor 4 (Care Plan) 81.2 (± 18.2). Conclusion: The quality of the care transition perceived by the patient recovered from COVID-19, or by their caregivers, in the process of hospital discharge to home, was considered high, evidencing the involvement of the multidisciplinary team in the preparation and guidelines for the follow-up of care. at home, reducing the rates of readmissions and post-discharge complications.