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Tadhg Stapleton1, Louise Norris, Kathleen Clancy
1From the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (TS, DC); Department of Occupational Therapy, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin, Ireland (LN, KC, AO'G); Department of Infectious Diseases, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin (CB, PC, CK, PN); Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (CB, BK); and Respiratory Medicine, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (BK, PN).
Objective:
Fatigue is identified as one of the most prevalent and persistent problems reported by people with post COVID-19 condition that negatively impacts on everyday living and resumption of pre-COVID-19 lifestyle. A pilot occupational therapy fatigue management intervention was designed for patients presenting with post COVID-19 condition fatigue.
Design:
A retrospective analysis was carried out after the delivery of the fatigue management intervention. Self-reported measures of fatigue, well-being, and health status were taken at baseline and repeated at 2 wks after intervention. Baseline and postintervention scores were compared using nonparametric analysis.
Results:
Sixty participants (73% female), median age 50.5 yrs (range, 17-74), 93% reporting symptoms persisting for 12 wks or longer, completed the fatigue management intervention. All participants reported moderate to severe fatigue impacting on everyday activity at baseline. The greatest impact of fatigue was on engagement in leisure and work activity. Statistically significant improvement in fatigue ( P < 0.001), well-being ( P < 0.001), and health status ( P < 0.001) were noted after the intervention.
Conclusions:
Findings indicate the potential of occupational therapy fatigue management interventions to enable self-management strategies and reduce the negative impact of fatigue among people with post COVID-19 condition.
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