身体功能的纵向变化及其对COVID-19患者健康结果的影响
Rebecca De Lorenzo1, Luigi Di Filippo1,2, Sabrina Scelfo3
1School of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Nutrients
|October 28, 2023
概括
COVID-19幸存者经常经历身体功能下降,手握强度低 (HGS) 与较差的结果有关. 早期的HGS监测可以指导干预措施,以改善COVID-19后患者的长期康复.
科学领域:
- 医疗康复 医疗康复
- 肺部病理学 肺部病理学
- 传染病 传染病 传染病
背景情况:
- 冠状病毒疾病 (COVID-19) 与持续的健康问题有关,影响身体功能.
- 长期COVID-19的后果需要对恢复轨迹进行调查.
- 了解住院后的身体衰退对于患者管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查COVID-19患者在出院后长达六个月的手握强度 (HGS) 的纵向变化.
- 探索HGS与与健康有关的生活质量,呼吸不良,运动能力和体重指数 (BMI) 之间的关系.
- 为了确定COVID-19幸存者的HGS改善的预测因素.
主要方法:
- 成年COVID-19患者在出院后一,三和六个月被评估.
- 测量包括手握强度 (HGS),BMI,运动能力 (6分钟步行测试) 和生活质量.
- 分析重点是所有时间点都有HGS数据的患者.
主要成果:
- 低HGS在出院后一个月是常见的 (35%) 并与更严重的COVID-19,更长的住院时间和更大的体重减轻有关.
- 持续低HGS与运动能力降低,呼吸障碍增加和生活质量降低相关.
- 一个月的初始HGS是六个月HGS改善的唯一显著预测因素.
结论:
- 在COVID-19幸存者中,低HGS表示的身体功能减少是普遍存在的.
- 早期HGS评估对于识别需要干预以改善长期结果的患者至关重要.
- 监测HGS提供了一种简单,可靠的方法来衡量身体恢复和量身定制患者护理.
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