Quality of life of COVID-19 recovered patients: a 1-year follow-up study from Bangladesh.
Mohammad Delwer Hossain HawladerMd Utba RashidMd Abdullah Saeed KhanMowshomi Mannan LizaSharmin AkterMohammad Ali HossainTajrin RahmanSabrina Yesmin BarshaAlberi Afifa ShifatMosharop HossianTahmina Zerin MishuSoumik Kha SagarRidwana Maher MannaNawshin AhmedSree Shib Shankar Devnath DebuIrin ChowdhurySamanta SabedMashrur AhmedSabrina Afroz BorshaFaraz Al ZafarSabiha HyderAbdullah EnamHabiba BabulNaima NurMiah Md Akiful HaqueShopnil RoyK M Tanvir HassanMohammad Lutfor RahmanMohammad Hayatun NabiKoustuv DalalPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2023)
The present study found that the QoL of COVID-19 recovered people improved 1 year after recovery, particularly in psychological, social, and environmental domains. However, age, sex, the severity of COVID-19, smoking habits, and comorbidities were significantly negatively associated with QoL. Events of reinfection and the emergence of chronic disease were independent determinants of the decline in QoL scores in psychological, social, and physical domains, respectively. Strong policies to prevent and minimize smoking must be implemented in Bangladesh, and we must monitor and manage chronic diseases in people who have recovered from COVID-19.