Quality of life after hospitalization for COVID-19: an analysis with the  WHOQOL-BREF

Kassila Conceição Ferreira Santos; Jonatas  Reis Bessa da Conceição; Caio Lazaro Tosta Pimentel; Luis Felipe Lopes de Melo; Giulia Elena  Tessaro; Maria Carolinne Cardoso de Souza; Ingryd Rodrigues Xavier Docusse; Amanda Ellen Estevão Teixeira; Letícia Silveira Goulart

doi:10.23925/1984-4840.2024v26a17

Authors

Kassila Conceição Ferreira Santos Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Jonatas Reis Bessa da Conceição Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências - UniFTC
Caio Lazaro Tosta Pimentel Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Luis Felipe Lopes de Melo Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Giulia Elena Tessaro Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Maria Carolinne Cardoso de Souza Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Ingryd Rodrigues Xavier Docusse Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Amanda Ellen Estevão Teixeira Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Letícia Silveira Goulart Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1984-4840.2024v26a17

Keywords:

Quality of Life, Hospitalization, COVID-19, Public Health

Abstract

Objective: To analyze quality of life (QoL) and associated factors in individuals after hospitalization due to COVID-19. Method: Cross-sectional study of patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The WHOQOL-BREF instrument was used for QOL analysis. A multiple linear regression model was used to evaluate the QOL of the stakeholders. Results: The highest mean QOL was observed in the social relationships domain (14.97 ± 3.43), followed by the psychological (14.53 ± 2.07), environmental (14.20 ± 2.49) and physical domains (12.75 ± 2.10). For each additional year of age, there was an increase of 0.44 points in the physical domain, 0.06 in the social relationship domain and 0.49 in the environmental domain. Individuals earning up to 2 times the minimum wage had a reduction of 1.60 points in the environmental domain; retired or a pensioner had a reduction of 1.84 points in the physical domain score, 1.40 in the psychological domain score and 2.62 in the social
domain score in the ICU had a negative impact of 1.52 points on the scores in the social relationship domain. Conclusions: After hospitalization for COVID-19, individuals presented a good perception of their QOL. Demographic, social and clinical aspects influenced the perception of QOL, which indicates the need for the adoption and implementation of public policies
aimed at minimizing these differences.

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