Open AccessIS HOME QUARANTINE AS EFFECTIVE AS HOSPITALIZATION OF PATIENTS WITH MILD SYMPTOMS OF COVID'19? -A PILOT STUDY
Author(s) -
Chhaya Verma,
Kevin Thakkar,
Vaibhavi Rathod,
Aditi Parekh,
RN Bharmal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/6407613
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , population , quarantine , covid-19 , emergency medicine , physical therapy , disease , environmental health , nursing , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Objectives: On March 11,WHO declared, the SARS-CoV-2 Corona Virus as a Global Pandemic. Ever since then, therehave been millions of people around the world testing positive for the Virus.Several symptoms such as fever,dry cough,dyspnoea,cough with expectoration were observed.Since a definite treatment for the Virus was not available,there hadbeen two alternatives, either to home quarantine patients or to get them hospitalized. Therefore, our study intends tocompare the perception of fatigue, functional status, and health-related quality of life amongst patients who werehospitalized and home quarantined.Methods:Our study is a cross-sectional study,conducted after taking ethics committee permission from DRB attached toa government tertiary care hospital [DRB/2021/02]. Post-COVID patient population from ages 18-60 years, both malesand females who have tested negative in RT-PCR tests more than three and less than 6 months ago have been included inthe study. 60 individuals were telephonically contacted, and their perception of Fatigue, Functional Status, and HRQoLwas assessed using the Fatigue Assessment Scale, PCFS, and EQ-5D-5L, respectively. The obtained data wereaccumulated and analyzed.Results: On descriptive analysis,the mean for FAS was 34,which interprets as slight generalized fatigue.The mean forPCFS was 0.8,which indicated negligible functional limitation.The mean obtained for EQ-5D-5L was 19,which indicatedslight affection to the quality of life.Non-parametric, Mann-Whitney U test was carried out for each outcome measure and on obtaining the results, it wasfound that both groups are not statistically significantly different in either of the 3 outcome measure used.Conclusion:Therefore,we can say that the ones who received home quarantine also recovered equally well comparedto those seeking hospital care.