Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life and Inducing Factors in COVID-19 Cases at KasrAlainy Teaching Hospital, Egypt | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology | ||||
| Volume 32, Issue 4, October 2023, Page 117-126 PDF (419.27 K) | ||||
| Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejmm.2023.325931 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amany A. Salem  1; Raghda M. Mostafa1; Amal S. Sedrak1; Mohamed T. Hegazy2; Hadeel A. Mohamed 3; Maha H. Ibrahim4; Eman H. Elsebaie1
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| 1Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 3Chest Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 4Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Health-related quality of life (HRQoL); EQ-5D; COVID-19 | ||||
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