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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2023, vol. 29, issue4
Subject Area: Public Health
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2023294.5226
Published online: 20 November 2023
Original article
J of IMAB. 2023 Oct-Dec;29(4):5226-5229
POST-COVID SYNDROME AFTER THE ACUTE INFECTION AMONG PATIENTS WHO VIS-ITED A PULMONOLOGIST
Diana Paskaleva1
, Maria Semerdjieva2,
1)Department of Nursing Care, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2)Department of Health Care Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Background: The coronavirus is one of the common pathogens among humans and animals that causes various respiratory diseases
Methods: Alternative, non-parametric and correlation analysis were used.
Logical units of observation: Two hundred patients suffered from COVID-19 in the period from 01.09.2020 until 01.09.2021.
Results: In our study, the majority of respondents who had recovered from COVID-19 reported having one or more persistent symptoms. Only 1% had no residual complaints. With regard to the dating of the complaints that appeared, 74% or the main part of our respondents indicated a period of 1-3 months, and the fewest complaints were observed in the 9-12 months after recovery. As age increases, cardiac complaints also increase p=0.001 (χ2=79.51). The correlation relationship is straight and significant p=0.001 (r=0.619).
Conclusion: Complex rehabilitation is part of the overall treatment plan and includes special physical and rehabilitation activities, health care, healthy behavior, education and prevention of post-infection complications.
Keywords: Post-COVID syndrome, patients, Pulmonologist,
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Please cite this article as: Paskaleva D, Semerdjieva M. Post-COVID syndrome after the acute infection among patients who visited a Pulmonologist. J of IMAB. 2023 Oct-Dec;29(4):5226-5229.
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Correspondence to: Senior Assistant Professor Diana Paskaleva, PhD, Department of "Nursing care", Faculty of Public Health, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria; E-mail: paskaleva_1975@abv.bg
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Received: 14 March 2023
Published online: 20 November 2023