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Telehealth program: Effect of Physiotherapy Intervention on Dyspnea, Fatigue and Functional Status of Post COVID-19 Syndrome patients

مؤلف البحث
Hanaa Moukhtar Ibrahim Mohamed0 , Manal sayed Atya2 , Ghada Hassan Ahmed3 , Saher A Abdelmohsen4 , Karima Mohamed Sobhy 5 & Aliae Mohamed Hussein6
تاريخ البحث
مجلة البحث
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal http://asnj.journals.ekb.eg http://www.arabimpactfactor.com http://olddrji.lbp.world/indexedJournals.aspx DOI: 10.21608/ASNJ.2022.167006.1437
عدد البحث
Vol , (01 ) No, (32)
موقع البحث
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal http://asnj.journals.ekb.eg http://www.arabimpactfactor.com http://olddrji.lbp.world/indexedJournals.aspx DOI: 10.21608/ASNJ.2022.167006.1437
سنة البحث
2022
صفحات البحث
pp (265 -280 )
ملخص البحث

Post COVID-19 syndrome, that is marked by dyspnea, fatigue, and functional impairment, is best treated with a nonpharmacologic aproach entitled a physiotherapy intervention program. Aim: To evaluate the effect of physiotherapy intervention program through telehealth on dyspnea, fatigue and functional status of post COVID-19 syndrome patients. Design: The study utilized a one-group pre and posttest Quasi experimental design with a purposive sample of 60 post Covid-19 syndrome patients. Setting: Isolation Medical Unit and Post Covid-19 follow up clinic in main Assiut University Hospital. Tools: Data were collected using a structured interview Patient's assessment questionnaire, Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale, Chalder fatigue scale, and Post COVID-19 Functional Status Scale. Results: statistically extremely significant differences regarding degrees of dyspnea , extent of fatigue, and functional status of post Covid-19 syndrome patients in pre, post (8th wks.), and follow up (12th wk.) of program application with (p=0.001). Conclusion: Physiotherapy intervention program applied through telehealth had significant improvement clinically and statistically on dyspnea, fatigue, and functional status. Recommendations: Telehealth is especially important currently, as social distancing measures thus using this intervention program by nurses can be effective in improving post Covid-19 syndrome symptoms.

Keywords: Dyspnea, Fatigue, Functional Status, Physiotherapy Intervention, Post Covid-19 Syndrome & Telehealth.