Difficulty Performing Occupations in Subacute Period in Patients after COVID-19

  • Olga Naumova (Speaker)
  • Zane Liepiņa (Co-author)

Activity: Talk or presentation typesPoster presentation

Description

To find out the difficulties of performing activities in the subacute period among patients who previously suffered from Covid-19.. Research design: quantitative, descriptive study.Research participants: 50 patients after Covid-19 infection who received medical services in hospital, day hospital in subacute rehabilitation stage and had no cognitive impairment (SMMSI results 24-30 points). Procedure and data analysis: patient evaluation using The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). Analysis of the data performed using descriptive statistical methods - percentage distribution and frequency, averages. In the analysis of the gathered data, there was collected and summarized information about the difficulties of occupations among patients who previously suffered from Covid-19.. In a group of patients who had suffered from Covid-19 infection, there were identified the difficulties in performing 20 daily activities, which were 40% leisure, 35% productivity and 25% self-care activities. The most important are productivity activities. The lowest performance is when doing leisure activities, with their performance, patients are also the least satisfied. A summary with identified pursuits was prepared.. Patients after suffering from Covid-19 infection identify the difficulties of performing all kind of activities based on purpose - self-care, productivity, and leisure. Among all identified difficulties, productivity activities were the most common (55%), followed by self-care (31%), leisure activities (14%). For each research participant receiving subacute rehabilitation services for patients after a Covid-19 infection, there were identified at least two daily activities, during which person experienced difficulties.
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU Research week 2023: Society. Health. Welfare
Event typeConference
Conference number9
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational