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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life and Inducing Factors in COVID-19 Cases at KasrAlainy Teaching Hospital, Egypt

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Background: It is well known that COVID-19 is reported to cause various symptoms and extended illness in older and younger than middle age people   with or without pre-existing medical issues. The effects of a disease extend beyond clinical outcomes like mortality and morbidity to subjective measures of life quality (HRQoL), called health-related quality of life. No study has examined the HRQoL of Covid-19 patients in Egypt. Objectives: to establish a quantitative health profile for cases categorized by case severity, treatment protocol and presence of different comorbidities, to compare profiles of COVID-19 recovered cases with a typical individual of the community in a corresponding age and/or sex group using population reference scores and to estimate the burden of COVID-19 on recovered cases. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional research examined each COVID-19-positive case recorded into Kasr Alainy teaching hospital and discharged from July7th, 2020 till the end of March 2021. An anonymous socio-demographic questionnaire was created and completed using patient electronic medical information and the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 3 Level Version ( EQ-5D-3L) tool to evaluate health-related quality of life. Arabic version for Egypt for telephone administration was requested at registration@euroqol.org. A professional phone interviewer completed it. Results: In our study, 477 patients were participated. The greatest age group was 35-44 (27.5%), and hypertension (13.4%) was the most common chronic disease. Most patients (76.5%) had mild disease. Age, sex, hypertension/heart disease, and severity were markedly linked to EQ-5D-3L score (P-value<0.001). Young individuals (<18), females, those without HTN/heart disease, and mild cases had the highest mean score, while older individuals (65-73), males, and severe cases had the lowest mean score. Conclusion: COVID-19 significantly affects patient HRQoL, especially hospitalized patients. The study highlights how crucial patient perspectives can determine the effectiveness of interventions and treatments. EQ-5D-3L can help healthcare providers assess COVID-19 patients' HRQoL and suggest areas where they may require further support.

DOI

10.21608/ejmm.2023.325931

Keywords

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), EQ-5D, COVID-19

Authors

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

amany.ahmed@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Raghda

Last Name

Mostafa

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

raghda.mg@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Sedrak

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

amalnewlife82@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hegazy

MiddleName

T.

Affiliation

Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

dr_moh_tharwat@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hadeel

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Chest Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hadeel_116@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-7070-1027

First Name

Maha

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mahahossam@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Elsebaie

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

eman.hs@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

32

Article Issue

4

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42768

Issue Date

2023-10-01

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2023-11-13

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

117

Page End

126

Print ISSN

1110-2179

Online ISSN

2537-0979

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EJMM_Volume 32_Issue 4_Pages 117-126.pdf

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New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

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Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life and Inducing Factors in COVID-19 Cases at KasrAlainy Teaching Hospital, Egypt

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28 Dec 2024