Post-discharge evaluation of patients treated in hospital with infection of Covid-19
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2021
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Objective: This study was conducted retrospectively, cross-sectional and descriptively, with the aim of evaluating the results of monitoring that carried out by telephone, of discharged patients who had been hospitalised due to Covid-19 during the pandemic. Method: The population of the research contains of folders of 862 patients who got their Covid-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests positive, treated in hospital and discharged between 28.08.2020 and 16.09.2020. Study was completed with folders complete datawise of 760 patients. Descriptive statistics were given in mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum. Percentages were used for categorical data. Also, in order to determine intergroup differences in categorical variables, Chi-Square test was used. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for analysing normal distribution of data.Results: In the study, age median of patients that stated their clinical condition good and medium was lower than the patients of poor clinical condition (p:0.001). 45 of patients with poor condition were rehospitalized and 35 of them applied to emergency service (p<0.001) Conclusion: Results demonstrate that patients have continued problems in their homes and need support after discharge. Moreover, it was reasoned that home-monitoring and home attendant care services for elderly patients have to be improved qualitatively. Key Words: Covid-19, Follow-up at home, Discharge,
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Post-discharge evaluation, patients, COVID-19, pandemi
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The Third International Home Care Congress
