Long COVID in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: We aimed to evaluate the Long COVID frequency, and related factors in patients followed up after hospitalization. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 133 inpatients with COVID-19 PCR test positivity from Nigde Province, Turkey between 01.01.2021 and 28.02.2021. The characteristics of the patients were recorded by examining the files, and the symptom questioning was made by telephone interviewing with the patients approximately four months after the date of diagnosis. The presence of at least one symptom lasting more than four weeks was described as Long COVID. Results: The frequency of Long COVID was 64.7%. The most common Long COVID symptoms were fatigue (45.9%), respiratory distress (25.6%), and muscle / joint pain (24.8%), respectively. In comparison analysis to identify factors associated with Long COVID; Long COVID was found to be more frequent among women (P=0.04); patients with severe COVID-19 (P<0.01), patients with prolonged hospital stay (P=0.03), patients with the comorbid disease (P=0.03), and Diabetes Mellitus patients (P=0.02). Additionally, the frequency of Long COVID increased as the depression score stated by the person increased after COVID-19 disease (P=0.02). Conclusion: The treatment of COVID-19 patients should not end when they are discharged from the hospital. On the contrary, these patients, especially high-risk patients, should be followed up in post-COVID clinics and rehabilitated physically and psychosocially with a multidisciplinary approach following the recovery period of the acute illness.

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General Anesthesia versus Local Anesthesia plus Sedation in High Risk Patients Underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Society ◽

10.5222/gkdad.2019.26213 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sedat Akbaş ◽

Ahmet Selim Ozkan

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

High Risk ◽

Aortic Valve ◽

General Anesthesia ◽

Retrospective Cohort Study ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Transcatheter Aortic Valve ◽

Risk Patients ◽

Aortic Valve Implantation ◽

Valve Implantation

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Incidence of and improvement in inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers with young children: a retrospective cohort study conducted in collaboration with a local government

Archives of Public Health ◽

10.1186/s13690-021-00558-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Takehiro Arai ◽

Aya Goto ◽

Mitsuko Komatsu ◽

Seiji Yasumura

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Local Government ◽

Young Children ◽

Retrospective Cohort Study ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Parental Behavior ◽

Parental Behaviors ◽

Health Checkup ◽

Related Factors ◽

Financial Difficulties

Abstract Background Inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers toward young children require further study; few epidemiological studies have utilized longitudinal analysis of region-based cohorts. This study examined the frequency of incidence of and improvements in inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers with young children and related factors. Methods Among the mothers who underwent a checkup in Fukushima City in 2017, 586 mothers with data from 4-, 18-, and 42-month-old checkups were included in analysis. In this retrospective cohort study, an anonymous database was created by transcribing and matching health checkup records with questionnaires stored at the city health center. Data were analyzed using chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis, using the SPSS Ver.20.0. Results In 28.5% of mothers, inappropriate parental behaviors were not reported in the 18-month-old data but were reported in the 42-month-old data. In 3.8%, inappropriate parental behaviors were reported in the 18-month-old data but were not reported in the 42-month-old data. The most common inappropriate parental behavior reported was “yelling at the child using emotional words” (18-month-old data, 16.2%; 42-month-old data, 39.5%). Mothers with financial difficulties were 2.19 times (95%CI: 1.13–4.26) more likely to begin inappropriate parental behaviors between 18 and 42 months. Improvements in parental behaviors were significantly higher in mothers under 30 years old (p = 0.03). Conclusions It is necessary to identify mothers with financial difficulties early and to examine how to provide childcare and financial support from a local government at the time of child health checkup.

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