RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health-Related Quality of Life for People With Acute and Chronic Illnesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 509
OP 521
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200593
VO 34
IS 3
A1 O'Dwyer, Marie Claire
A1 Meixner, Kate
A1 Albiac, Laura Crespo
A1 El Khoury, Christelle
A1 Capizzano, J. Nicoll
A1 Ramakrishnan, Manasi
A1 Salada, Cullen
A1 Furst, Wendy
A1 Haro, Elizabeth
A1 Alves, Martha
A1 Sen, Ananda
A1 Harper, Diane M.
YR 2021
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/3/509.abstract
AB Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for adults with chronic and acute illnesses informs health and economic policy for pandemic recovery. Our primary aim was to compare HRQoL of 3 illness groups of outpatient adults: those with diabetes, those who survived a hospitalization for COVID-19, and those who had a respiratory virus not COVID-19. The secondary aim was to compare the group domain summary scores to the referent general population.Methods: We identified the 3 groups from the electronic medical record and invited them to complete the SF-36 survey. Analysis of variance and post hoc testing was used for univariate analyses followed by linear regression.Results: One hundred thirty-two adults completed the survey. The groups differed least for physical functioning and most for emotional/mental health. The hospitalized group had the greatest limitation in role due to emotional issues. All groups had significantly lower social functioning scores than the general population. Linear regression showed lower HRQoL domain score in role limitations due to emotional issues adjusted for age, race, and gender for the hospitalized group.Conclusion: SF-36 scores show the decrease in HRQoL that outpatient adults have suffered, mostly in the emotional domain, regardless of illness group during the COVID-19 pandemic.