Long-term Complications of COVID19: A Study of Patients' Physiological Trauma

Abstract

Background: People throughout the world have been impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic, which poses a serious health risk. COVID-19 is linked to several health issues that can seriously harm a person, including complications with the respiratory, nervous, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, integumentary, and other body systems. The nurses are better able to track patients while they heal, get rehabilitated, and recover thanks to the assessment of COVID-19-related problems.

Objectives: The study's objectives are to evaluate COVID-19 complications among recovered patients and determine the association between COVID-19 complications and patients' demographic information.

Methods: To accomplish the study goals, a descriptive retrospective study was conducted as part of the current investigation. From December 15th, 2021, until May 1st, 2022, the study was conducted. In the city of Al-Najaf, the study is being done. a convenience (non-probability) sample of 150 patients with COVID-19 disease. There are 73 women and 84 men among the patients. The information was gathered using a specially designed questionnaire that was divided into three sections: sociodemographic traits, medical history, and the systematic COVID-19 Complication Instrument.

Results: The study's findings indicate that even after recovering from COVID-19, the patients continue to experience difficulties. Acute Respiratory Failure (46.5%), Pneumonia (15.35%), Blood Hypercoagulability (35.7%), Diarrhea (33.1%), Myalgia (19.1%), and Arthralgia (15.3%) are the most frequent consequences.

Conclusion: The study concluded that COVID-19 is a deadly virus that affects every system of the body and might lead to serious consequences that could endanger the patients' lives.

Keywords: COVID-19, Complications, Recovery, Acute Respiratory Failure, Blood Coagulability