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Assessment of the quality of life of COVID-19 recovered patients at the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre

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  • Esinam Aku Amedewonu
  • Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey
  • Anthony Godi
  • Josephine Sackeyfio
  • Alfred Dickson Dai-Kosi

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Background: The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), initially thought to be a respiratory disease, is now known to affect multiple organ systems with variable presentation and devastating or fatal complications. Despite the large numbers of people who have suffered this disease globally, the mid- to long-term impact of COVID-19 on a person’s general well-being and physical function has not been fully investigated in Ghana. Aim: This study sought to determine the Quality of Life (QoL) and associated factors among Ghanaian patients following clinical recovery from COVID-19 infection. Methods: This was a cross-sectional quantitative study involving 150 COVID-19 recovered patients attending the review clinic of the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre. Quality of life was estimated using the EuroQol Group Association five-domain, five-level questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) while participants’ overall health status was measured on a visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS): a scale ranging from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health). Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to assess differences in domain and overall QoL scores while quantile regression was used to determine demographic and clinical factors associated with QoL scores. Results: The mean QoL from the EQ-5D-5L assessment tool was (81.5 ± 12.0) %, while the self-reported QoL from the EQ-VAS tool (75.6 ± 22.0) %. Persistence of symptoms after 30 days was significantly associated with EQ-5D-5L QoL (Adjusted median difference [95% CI] = -9.40 [-14.19, -4.61], p

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  • Esinam Aku Amedewonu & Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey & Anthony Godi & Josephine Sackeyfio & Alfred Dickson Dai-Kosi, 2024. "Assessment of the quality of life of COVID-19 recovered patients at the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(7), pages 1-17, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0306118
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306118
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