Effect of Self-Management Intervention for COVID-19 Patients on Their Lifestyle | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 62, Volume 100, Issue 1, July 2025, Page 2962-2971 PDF (855.68 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2025.441567 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Corona virus infection (COVID- 19) is highly infectious respiratory pandemic that has caused significant disruption of individuals’ daily lives and increased psychosocial distress globally. Self-management interventions are required to control patients' lives addressing three tasks including: Medical and behavioral management, lifestyle management and emotional management. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of self-management interventions for covid-19 patients on their lifestyle. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was employed in this study. A purposive sample of 90 patients diagnosed with COVID-19, of both sexes, was included. The study was conducted in the isolation units of Tropical Ismailia Hospital and Tropical El-Abassia Hospital. Tool I: An interview questionnaire was used to assess participants' demographic data. Tool II: A lifestyle patterns scale was administered to evaluate patients’ lifestyle behaviors, including diet, exercise, medication adherence, smoking habits, and rest and sleep patterns. Results: There was highly statistically significant improvement among study group regarding adherence to total patient life style pattern (p 0.000) as (11.1%) of total healthy life style pattern was noticed pre-program and improved to (97.8%) after program implementation. Conclusion: there was a positive effect of self-management interventions for covid-19 patients on improving lifestyle pattern after implementation of self-management interventions. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID-19; Lifestyle; Self-management | ||||
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