Investigation of Validity and Reliability of Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale

Summary

The new type of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic puts great pressure on health systems around the world. A large number of people are hospitalized in intensive care units due to acute respiratory distress syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2. Common symptoms seen with SARS-CoV-2 include fever, cough, and dyspnea, as well as pneumonia, severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, renal failure, and even death. Many patients develop mild to moderate disease without pneumonia. The respiratory condition of some patients continues to worsen gradually and develop acute respiratory distress syndrome, which usually requires mechanical ventilation support.

Exercise capacity and health status of individuals who survived severe acute respiratory distress syndrome are lower than the general population. Persistent physical, cognitive, and psychosocial disorders can be seen in people who have survived acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Given the clinical and radiological heterogeneity of COVID-19, it is important to have a simple tool for the disease to monitor the course of symptoms and the impact of symptoms on patients' functional status.

Klok FA et al. developed the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale (PCFS). PCFS can be evaluated for functional sequelae after discharge from the hospital, at 4 and 8 weeks after discharge, to directly monitor recovery, and at 6 months. The aim of this study is to investigate the validity and reliability of PCFS in Turkish population. Research permission to investigate the validity and reliability of PCFS in the Turkish population was obtained from the developer of the PCFS.

Conditions

• Covid19

Interventions

OTHER

Questionnaire

data collection using questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Deniz Inal-Ince · Hacettepe University

• Gülay Sain-Güven · Hacettepe University

• Naciye Vardar-Yagli · Hacettepe University

• Melda Saglam · Hacettepe University

• Lale Özışık · Hacettepe University

• Nursel Çalık-Başaran · Hacettepe University

• Oğuz Abdullah Uyaroğlu · Hacettepe University

• Aslıhan Çakmak · Hacettepe Üniversitesi

• Esra Kınacı · Hacettepe University

• Ebru Çalık-Kütükcü · Hacettepe University

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-09-02

Primary Completion

2020-12-31

Completion

2020-12-31

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations