ISSN: 1859 - 2872
Comprehensive geriatric assessment and post-COVID-19 conditions in older outpatients after COVID-19 infection (5/2022-7/2022)
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Objective: To describe geriatric characteristics and post-COVID-19 conditions among COVID-19 infected older outpatients. Subject and method: From May 2022 to July 2022, this cross-sectional study included 316 patients (aged ≥ 60 years; mean age 66.8 ± 6.3 years; males, 26.6%) attending the post-COVID clinic at the University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh City. Patients were explained to complete a structured questionnaire through personal interviews to collect demographic characteristics, comorbidities, geriatric issues, and post-COVID-19 conditions. Result: In total, 276/316 patients (87.3%) had any post-COVID-19 conditions, including fatigue (65.5%), attention disorder (10.1%), headache (31.0%), hair loss (4.1%), dyspnea (17.7%), lower limb weakness (20.9%), and decreased physical activity (26.6%). In comprehensive geriatric assessment, the rates of limitations activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs, depression, frailty, poor sleep quality, and fear of falling were 1.9%, 13.6%, 22.2%, 11.4%, 64.2%, and 43.0%, respectively. Hypertenstion, diabetes, and osteoarthritis were the three most frequently comorbidities reported in our study. Conclusion: Our study found substantial rates of post-COVID-19 conditions among older outpatients and fatigue was the most commonly reported symptom.
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