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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Arrais, Diego J. L.
• Gomes, Mateus C.
• da Cunha, Carlos L. F.
• Riegel, Fernando
• da Costa, Maria F. B. N. A.
• Aben-Athar, Cintia Y. U. P.
• Ramos, Aline M. C.
• Parente, Andressa T.
• Rodrigues, Diego P.
• de Sousa, Fabianne J. D.
• Al-Yateem, Nabeel
• Nabeel Al-Yateem

Titel

Transition of Care for Post-COVID-19 Patients: Sociodemographic and Clinical Profile and Associated Factors

Ist Teil von

• Nursing forum (Hillsdale), 2023-02, Vol.2023, p.1-8

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: Hindawi

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study aimed to identify sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and factors associated with care transition in patients recovered from COVID-19. Cross-sectional study of quantitative approach with 49 patients and/or caregivers who were discharged from hospital to home in a university hospital. Three instruments were used to evaluate the transition of care: the sociodemographic questionnaire, the clinical questionnaire, and the Care Transition Measure. The analysis was performed using SPSS software, and the Mann–Whitney test was applied, with a significance level of p≤0.005. Of the 49 participants, with a mean age of 50 years, the majority were males (59.2%), with more than 10 years of education. The main symptoms of COVID-19 were dyspnea (79.6%), followed by fatigue (75.5%) and fever (69.4%). The most prevalent comorbidity was hypertension (32.7%). There was an association between care transition and comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, obesity, and cancer) (p<0.005). The study found that the transition of care for patients recovered with COVID-19 from hospital discharge to home was successful. However, the need for public policy implementation after hospital discharge in a pandemic setting is emphasized.