https://medicaljournalshouse.com/index.php/IndianJournal-HolisticNursing/issue/feed 2023-05-17T17:10:38+00:00 Advanced Research Publications admin@adrpublications.in Open Journal Systems Indian Journal of Holistic Nursing https://medicaljournalshouse.com/index.php/IndianJournal-HolisticNursing/article/view/934 2023-05-17T17:10:38+00:00 Kajol Sharma kajolsharma181996@gmail.com Raminder Kalra kajolsharma181996@gmail.com Jeena Jose kajolsharma181996@gmail.com

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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 <br />patients (10.40%) had developed diabetes mellitus after recovering from COVID-19 infection. The comorbidities, i.e. diabetes mellitus (p &lt; 0.0021), hypertension (p &lt; 0.00001), cardiovascular disease (p &lt; 0.001) and respiratory diseases (p &lt; 0.001), and demographic variables such as history of smoking (p &lt; 0.000013), history of alcohol (p &lt; 0.0031), being <br />vaccinated for COVID-19 (p &lt; 0.00001), type of vaccine (p &lt; 0.001) and number of doses of vaccination for COVID-19 (p &lt; 0.001) were found to be significantly associated with post-COVID syndromes.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>How to cite this article:</strong><br />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.</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> https://doi.org/10.24321/2348.2133.202301</p>

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