Aranda Lobo, JuditOriol, IsabelFeria, LucíaAbelenda Alonso, GabrielaRombauts, AlexanderSimonetti, Antonella FrancescaCatalano, ClarisaPallarès, NatàliaMartín, MiguelVàzquez, NúriaVall Llosera, EstelRhyman, NicolásSuárez, Romina ConcepciónNogué, MartaLoureiro Amigo, JoseColoma, AnaCeresuela, LuisCarratalà, Jordi2023-03-282023-03-282022-10-101932-6203https://hdl.handle.net/2445/196110Objective To determine the health status and exercise capacity of COVID-19 survivors one year after hospital discharge. Methods This multicenter prospective study included COVID-19 survivors 12 months after hospital discharge. Participants were randomly selected from a large cohort of COVID-19 patients who had been hospitalized until 15th April 2020. They were interviewed about persistent symptoms, underwent a physical examination, chest X-ray, and a 6-minute walk test (6MWT). A multivariate analysis was performed to determine the risk factors for persistent dyspnea. Results Of the 150 patients included, 58% were male and the median age was 63 (IQR 54-72) years. About 82% reported >= 1 symptoms and 45% had not recovered their physical health. The multivariate regression analysis revealed that the female sex, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and smoking were independent risk factors for persistent dyspnea. Approximately 50% completed less than 80% of the theoretical distance on the 6MWT. Only 14% had an abnormal X-ray, showing mainly interstitial infiltrates. A third of them had been followed up in outpatient clinics and 6% had undergone physical rehabilitation. Conclusion Despite the high rate of survivors of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with persistent symptomatology at 12 months, the follow-up and rehabilitation of these patients has been really poor. Studies focusing on the role of smoking in the persistence of COVID-19 symptoms are lacking.13 p.application/pdfengcc by (c) Aranda, Judit et al., 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-EpidemiologiaSímptomesRehabilitació mèdicaCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-EpidemiologySymptomsMedical rehabilitationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article2023-03-28info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess36215250