Open AccessThe self-report version and digital format of the COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale (C19-YRS) for Long Covid or Post-COVID syndrome assessment and monitoring
Author(s) -
Manoj Sivan,
Stephen Halpin,
Jeremy Gees,
Sophie Makower,
Amy Parkin,
Denise Ross,
Mike Horton,
Rory J O’Connor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in clinical neuroscience and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2397-267X
pISSN - 1473-9348
DOI - 10.47795/qroo4168
Subject(s) - covid-19 , scale (ratio) , triage , medicine , telemedicine , rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , health care , physical therapy , medical emergency , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth , physics , quantum mechanics
The C19-YRS was the first scale reported in the literature for patient assessment and monitoring in Long Covid or Post-COVID syndrome. The scale has demonstrated content validity in a previous COVID-19 follow-up study. The growing number of patients with Post-COVID syndrome required the development of a self-report version (and a digital format) so that the scale can be completed by patients themselves. Individuals with Long Covid and clinicians providing care were involved in iterative changes to the scale. The self-report version of the scale captures symptom severity, functional disability and global health status. The C19-YRS digital format comprises a smartphone application for the patient and a web portal for the clinician to assess, triage and monitor patients remotely. The items have been shown to span all the components of the WHO ICF Framework for health condition.