QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 HOSPITALIZATION AND REHABILITATION NEEDS.
Nikolaos KintrilisAntonis KontaxakisAthanasia PapalampidouProkopios ManthosZaira SimeonidouAggeliki StavrianouEleni Moumtzi-NakkaIosif GalinosChristina A RapidiPublished in: Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications (2023)
A clinically relevant number of participants experienced at least one post-COVID-19 hospitalization symptom. Quality of life was markedly affected by the longer-term effects of the disease. The percentage of people finally attending any kind of rehabilitation service was poor. With thousands more being infected and needing hospitalization nationwide daily, the need for the inclusion of relevant rehabilitation programmes in the Greek healthcare system appears imminent.