To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Indian patients with COVID-19

Abstract

The Corona virus pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has infected more than 108 million people in over 150 countries. The vigilance around physical distancing, wearing masks, public health interventions, and social gatherings has eased off, and some countries have been hit by secondand third waves due to their hasty easing off of spatial distancing measures. COVID-19 causes symptoms range from mild to life threatening conditions. Prolonged and sustain symptoms due to COVID-19 are observed not only in high-risk population such as elder patients and individuals with comorbid conditions but also in young adults and individual with no or less chronic disease. People with post COVID-19 are experiencing general symptoms (Tiredness or fatigue that interferes with daily life, post-exertional malaise, fever), respiratory and heart symptoms (shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, fast-beating or pounding heart), neurological symptoms (brain fog, headache, sleep problems, dizziness, pins-and-needles feelings, change in smell or taste, depression or anxiety), digestive symptoms (diarrhea, abdominal pain), joint or muscle pain, rash and changes in menstrual cycles. Chances of multiple organ failure is observed in patients with respiratory symptoms like, interstitial pneumonia and respiratory distress syndrome.