BMC Health Services Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)
Published: Sept. 6, 2024
Language: Английский
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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BMC Health Services Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)
Published: April 8, 2025
Many people who contract the SAR-CoV-2 virus present with multiple persistent and debilitating physical, cognitive mental health symptoms that endure beyond acute infection period. This new syndrome - generally referred to as long COVID negatively affects patients' emotional wellbeing quality of life, presents a major challenge for treatment providers. Considering lack evidence-based supports, this qualitative descriptive study explores experiences Canadian social service providers working individuals COVID, well their suggestions intervention development. Twenty between ages 29 57 across Canada completed virtual individual interviews discuss care recommendations COVID. Participants were from range sectors, including primary care, rehabilitation, health, community support. Interviews recorded, transcribed, analyzed using codebook thematic analysis. Four themes illustrated providers' (1) selecting personalized treatments based on patient presentation similar conditions amidst uncertainty; services, (2) building an integrated model care; (3) providing holistic support patients families through psychoeducation daily living resources; (4) caring in are adopting approaches address symptom persistence face considerable knowledge gap. A comprehensive, pathway is needed physical psychosocial while increasing provider preparedness treat complex condition.
Language: Английский
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BMJ Paediatrics Open, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9(1), P. e003206 - e003206
Published: April 1, 2025
Βackground After the COVID-19 pandemic, children and young people (CYP) with long covid were managed in specialist clinics. However, there is limited research on how CYP who accessed clinics experienced them. Methods We aimed to evaluate acceptable paediatric services patients. Semi-structured qualitative interviews 13 patients used understand experiences of covid. Recruited participants aged 11–17 years old, had a diagnosis, service Southwest England from June 2022 September 2023. Clinicians working identified eligible asked their consent be contacted by member study team. All consented involved sampled. Thematic analysis was extract codes themes data. Results Four reported. Accessing helped feel validated; they appreciated consulting clinicians knowledgeable about empathetic. found comfort knowing other experiencing wanted proactive management, appreciating regular appointments opportunity learn condition. desired normality, therefore sought flexible appointment times, online reasonable adjustments. waiting times access too long. Conclusions Our results stress importance several features care received These relate but potentially extend conditions, particularly long-term and/or poorly understood conditions. The support creating community-based groups for medical providing appointments, offering early adjustments school quicker
Language: Английский
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BMC Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(1)
Published: June 13, 2024
Abstract Background Seeking and obtaining effective health care for Long COVID remains a challenge in the USA. Women have particularly been impacted, as they are both at higher risk of developing facing gendered barriers to having symptoms acknowledged. clinics, which provide multidisciplinary coordinated care, emerged potential solution. To date, however, there has little examination U.S. patient experiences with clinics how patients may or not come access clinic. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews 30 women aged 18 older who had experienced least 3 months, hospitalized acute COVID-19, seen one medical provider about their symptoms. Participants were asked seeking COVID. clinic-related responses analyzed using qualitative framework analysis identify key themes clinics. Results Of women, 43.3% ( n = 13) clinic by affiliated 30.0% 9) explored attempted see but time interview. expressed five concerning from clinics: (1) Access an issue, (2) Clinics stop shop, (3) Not all providers sufficient knowledge, (4) can offer validation (5) Treatment options critical urgent. Conclusions While is significant, findings indicate that ongoing challenges related quality coordination hamper contribute distress among care. Since uniquely positioned framed being place go manage complex symptoms, it wellbeing be properly resourced level complies emerging best practices.
Language: Английский
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Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Oct. 8, 2024
Abstract Background Exploring the experiences of Long COVID patients who face challenges with employment may inform improvements in how healthcare systems can provide holistic care for this patient population. Objective Understand perspectives about impact on and well-being among seeking COVID. Design Qualitative study involving one-on-one interviews. Participants Eligible participants were 18 years age or older, spoke English, self-reported as doing well daily life before having COVID-19, reported that COVID-19 was still a significant their three more months following an acute infection. Approach recruited from post-COVID recovery clinic at academic medical center. Interviews conducted August to September 2022. Key Results Among all ( N = 21), most described they not able work capacity equivalent norm pre-COVID-19. For those continued working after infection, effort energy required left little participate other activities made it difficult attend recommended appointments. financial impacts changes including loss income insurance, which compounded by high costs. Changes resulted emotional repercussions feelings self-identity fear judgement work. discussed issues surrounding access strategies address posed employment, learned providers cope symptoms efforts seek disability benefits workplace accommodations. Conclusions Patients due ability Healthcare support these connecting them assistance resources, facilitating appropriate mental health treatment, expediting accommodation requests.
Language: Английский
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BMJ Mental Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(1), P. e301133 - e301133
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This systematic review aims to identify and synthesise the publicly available research testing treatments for mental health, cognition psychological well-being in long COVID.
Language: Английский
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American Journal Of Pathology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 194(3), P. 384 - 401
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Language: Английский
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Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(12), P. 1211 - 1217
Published: Dec. 2, 2023
Introduction On 31 July 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced formation Office Long COVID Research Practice National Institutes (NIH) opened enrollment for therapeutic arm RECOVER initiative, a prospective, randomized study to evaluate new treatment options long coronavirus disease 2019 (long COVID).
Language: Английский
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PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(8), P. e0309348 - e0309348
Published: Aug. 28, 2024
The complex effects of Long-COVID, a syndrome marked by enduring symptoms after COVID-19 infection, with an emphasis on patients' differing degrees fibro fatigue (FF). Electrolyte disturbances may affect the severity FF and be used as predictive tool for severe in Long-COVID patients.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Patient Experience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Long COVID is a growing health concern with data continuing to emerge about the psychosocial consequences of this new chronic condition. We aimed improve understanding experiences patients COVID, focusing on emotional impacts arising from loss and grief caused by persistent physical symptoms changes in lifestyle social support. Patients (n = 21) were recruited August September 2022 post-COVID recovery clinic participate semistructured interviews. found that (1) reported experiencing across multiple domains including health, mental support connections, roles their families, self-identities, (2) described mirrored 5 stages Kubler-Ross model: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, for some, acceptance. Our findings highlight importance evaluating among as well systems patient population. Providers may be encouraged incorporate bereavement resources address critical needs patients.
Language: Английский
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