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The Symptom Experience and Functioning of Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Within the First 20 days.
- Source :
- Clinical Nursing Research; Mar2023, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p608-617, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The adverse physical, psychological, and mental health consequences associated with COVID-19 illness are well-documented. However, how specific symptoms change over time and how COVID-19 affects one's day-to-day activities of daily living (ADL), Quality of Life (QoL), sleep quality, and fatigue severity are not well described. This longitudinal and descriptive study examined the changes in COVID-19 symptoms, ADL, QoL, sleep quality, and fatigue severity within the first 20 days. A convenience sample (n = 41) of non-hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 positive patients were recruited and followed for 20 days. Participants completed self-report measures: COVID-19 symptoms, ADL, QoL, sleep quality, and fatigue severity at days: 1, 10, and 20 following a diagnosis. Findings revealed that symptoms decreased over 20 days (p <.001). In parallel with the decrease in symptoms, QoL and ADL improved over 20 days (p <.05). However, sleep quality and fatigue severity did not improve within 20 days (p >.05). Our findings contribute to the growing evidence that COVID-19 symptoms can linger, especially fatigue and sleep quality, that affect overall day-to-day functioning for at least 20 days after diagnosis. To mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on QOL and ADL, findings underscore the need for clinicians to work collaboratively with patients to develop a symptom management plan for a variety of symptoms including fatigue and sleep quality. Beginning to repurpose existing self-management strategies for the longer term COVID-19 symptoms could be beneficial and help to optimize patient outcomes. Future work should examine these variables over a longer timeframe and among different samples of non-hospitalized patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SLEEP quality
RESEARCH
COVID-19
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
FEVER
PAIN
FUNCTIONAL status
RESEARCH methodology
SELF-evaluation
SELF-management (Psychology)
ACTIVITIES of daily living
VISUAL analog scale
DYSPNEA
PHYSICAL activity
SOCIAL isolation
QUALITY of life
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
COUGH
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICAL sampling
FATIGUE (Physiology)
DATA analysis software
EMOTIONS
LONGITUDINAL method
PHARYNGITIS
COMORBIDITY
SYMPTOMS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162143957
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738231155729