A Retrospective Study to Assess the Incidence of Post-COVID Syndrome among the Patients Discharged after COVID-19 Treatment from A Selected Hospital in New Delhi
Abstract
Introduction: COVID-19 is a global pandemic and equally devastating are its post-infectious sequelae. Post-COVID complications are common among the patients discharged after COVID-19 infection.
Method: This was a retrospective study designed to assess the incidence of post-COVID syndrome and also seeks its association with co-morbidities and selected demographic variables among patients discharged from the Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi after treatment of COVID-19. After obtaining due approval from the authorities, 202 patients were selected as sample using purposive sampling technique. Telephonic interviews were conducted and a structured tool was used to collect data on socio-demographic variables, history of comorbidity and post-COVID syndrome from discharged post-COVID patients.
Results: The findings of study revealed that the overall incidence of postCOVID symptoms among discharged post-COVID patients was 64.25%. The incidence of post-COVID syndrome was assessed under ten different categories of which the most common symptom was fatigue (51.98%), followed by generalised body pain (50%). It was also observed that 21
patients (10.40%) had developed diabetes mellitus after recovering from COVID-19 infection. The comorbidities, i.e. diabetes mellitus (p < 0.0021), hypertension (p < 0.00001), cardiovascular disease (p < 0.001) and respiratory diseases (p < 0.001), and demographic variables such as history of smoking (p < 0.000013), history of alcohol (p < 0.0031), being
vaccinated for COVID-19 (p < 0.00001), type of vaccine (p < 0.001) and number of doses of vaccination for COVID-19 (p < 0.001) were found to be significantly associated with post-COVID syndromes.
Conclusion: Post-COVID-19 syndrome was found to be associated with factors like history of smoking and alcohol intake, vaccination status and history of comorbidities like diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
How to cite this article:
Sharma K, Kalra R, Jose J. A Retrospective Study to Assess the Incidence of Post-COVID Syndrome among the Patients Discharged after COVID-19 Treatment from A Selected Hospital in New Delhi. Ind J Holist Nurs. 2023;14(1):1-7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2348.2133.202301
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