The Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in COVID-19 Survivors of Ahmedabad City: An Observational Study

Abstract

Background and need of research: The COVID-19 affected the lung, so, lots of people were not able to do work normally. Functional Capacity and Quality of Life of people may get hampered. So, a study is done to check long term impact of COVID-19 after second wave on covid survivors of Ahmedabad city. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted in 25 individuals of each group (group A: history of COVID-19 in second wave, group B: healthy individual- not having history of COVID-19 in second wave) in age group between 40-65. 6-minute walk test was used to check functional capacity and WHO-BREF Questionnaire was used to assess quality of life (QOL). Data was analyzed using SPSS 20. Result: Mean of 6-MWD was 480.09±57.64 and 503.45±62.68 in group A and group B respectively. Mean of WHO-BREF Questionnaire was 85.09±8.02 and 91.89±4.76 in group A and group B respectively. Mann Whitney U test was used between group A and group B, there is highly statistically significant result was found for QOL, which is (U=153.50, p=0.002) and not significant result found for 6-MWD, which is (U=243.00, p=0.177). Conclusion and clinical implication: There is no change in in functional capacity of the COVID-19 patients in comparison to normal healthy individuals but there is considerable significant difference in their quality of life.so, we need to more focus on QOL of the survivors. Keywords: functional capacity, quality of life, COVID-19, 6MWD