The health-related quality of life in patients with post-covid-19 after hospitalization: a systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Eduardo Augusto Barbosafigueiredo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça, Vanessa Pereira Lima, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Henrique Silveira Costa, Whesley Tanor Silva, Sabrina Pinheiro Tsopanoglou, Débora Fernandes de Melo Vitorino, Luciano Fonseca Lemos de Oliveira, Keity Lamary Souza Silva, Hiago Daniel Herédia Luz, Matheus Ribeiro Ávila, Lucas Fróis Fernandes de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/62641
• topic: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Hospitalization; Quality of life; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Hospitalization; Quality of life

Symptoms in post-COVID-19 patients who require hospitalization can persist for months, significantly affecting their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Thus, the present study aimed to discuss the main findings regarding HRQoL in post-COVID-19 patients who required hospitalization. An electronic search was performed in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, LILACS, and Scopus databases, without date and language restrictions, until July 2021. Twenty-four articles were included in the analysis. It seems that HRQoL partially improved soon after hospital discharge, although the negative impact on HRQoL may persist for months. The physical and mental aspects are affected because patients report pain, discomfort, anxiety, and depression. The HRQoL of COVID-19 infected patients was worse than that of uninfected patients. Additionally, HRQoL seemed worse in patients admitted to the intensive care unit than in those who remained in the ward. Improvements in HRQoL after hospital discharge are independent of imaging improvement, and there seems to be no association between HRQoL after hospital discharge and disease severity on hospital admission. Many factors have been identified as determinants of HRQoL, with women and advanced age being the most related to worse HRQOL, followed by the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation and the need for intensive care. Other factors included the presence and number of comorbidities, lower forced vital capacity, high body mass index, smoking history, undergraduate education, and unemployment. In conclusion, these findings may aid in clinical management and should be considered in the aftercare of patients