Applying the WHO ICF framework to long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms.
Belma Füsun KöseoğluBirkan Sonel TurNilüfer Kutay Ordu-Gökkayaİsmail Güneş GökmenFatma Nur KesiktasBaşak Bilir KayaRefiye ÖnalFigen TuncayAysun GençGülin FındıkoğluŞebnem Koldaş DoğanSerap SütbeyazSelda SarıkayaCanan TikizHande ÖzdemirDerya Demirbağ KabayelMerve Örücü AtarTuğba AtanSelcen YükselPublished in: Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation (2023)
These results can be of guidance and provide insight into the identification of health and health-related conditions of long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms beyond the pathophysiological aspects, organ involvement, and damage of COVID-19. The ICF can be used in patients with long COVID to describe the types and magnitude of impairments, restrictions, special needs, and complications.