THE COMPARISON OF THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN CONVALESCENTS AND CONTROLS: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Authors : Gözde İYİGÜN, Sevim ÖKSÜZ, Zehra GÜÇHAN TOPÇU, Özde DEPRELİ, Aytül ÖZDİL

Pages : 189-198

Doi:10.21653/tjpr.1107776

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Publication Date : 2023-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: To compare the fatigue and dyspnea level, respiratory function, mental fatigue, sleep quality, and social influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in convalescent and controls and to explore the relationship between these characteristics in both groups. Methods: A total of 352 participants, including COVID-19 convalescent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=176); and controls insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=176);, participated in this study. The following instruments were used by online technologies: Visual Analog Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(VAS); to investigate fatigue and dyspnea level, Single Breath Counting insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SBC); test to measure respiratory function, Wood Mental Fatigue Inventory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WMFI); to evaluate mental fatigue, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PSQI); to assess the sleep quality and Social Influences Survey Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SISQ); to investigate social influences of the pandemic. Results: COVID-19 convalescents reported higher levels of tiredness, dyspnea, and mental fatigue than controls insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p 0.05);. Conclusion: Even after long-term COVID-19 recovery, symptoms like increased fatigue and dyspnea, mental fatigue, poor respiratory function, and sleep disturbances persist. Therefore, it is necessary to develop treatment strategies in order to alleviate these problems.
Keywords : COVID 19, Nefes Darlığı, Yorgunluk, Uyku, Sosyal Faktörler