Lifestyle implication among patients with selected comorbidities post COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.29070/sev46909Keywords:
Assess, Lifestyle, Implication, Comorbidity, COVID-19Abstract
While the world was running quickly for the sake of progress and monetary increase, the Novel human Coronavirus has driven the world to stop due to its dangerous result. The disease has shattered every corner of the world and destroyed many families. The Novel Coronavirus has set a respite button on the world. The serious and deadly outcome of the disease has swept many countries to shut their daily activities. COVID-19 had a very piercing impact not only on health factors but also it shattered economy and society, globally. Many countries in the world are affected by the serious pandemic issue which has forced to advise lockdown in order to prevent the transmission. These results have demonstrated the weakness of global networks, severely affecting well-being, food supplies and job stability. Many of the patients has overcome the battle with COVID-19 while many are worst hit by the same. Patient with underlying comorbidity have reportedly increased intensive care unit admissions during the hospital stay for COVID-19. Compared to other patient hit by COVID-19 without any underlying disease, the patient with one or more comorbidities have shown delayed and in most cases no prognosis. Patients with comorbidities were worst hit by COVID-19 with highest rate of mortality. Considering all these severity of COVID-19 with underlying comorbidity, particularly Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus, this study aims to assess the lifestyle Implications among patients. Additionally the study also focuses to find the association between the lifestyle Implications withdetermined demographic variables and finds the correlation of lifestyle implications with selected comorbidities.
Methodology: A research approach adopted for the study wasNon-Experimental Descriptive approachto assess the lifestyle implication among patients with selected comorbidities post COVID-19 from Pune City. There were total 100 samples who met the inclusion criteria of the study. All the samples accepted to participate in the research and was selected using Non Probability Purposive Sampling Technique.
Result: The analysis depicts that about 14% of total population have shown mild lifestyle implication,83% of the population has shown moderate changes and 3% population have shown severe implication in their lifestyle post COVID-19.
Conclusion: The current study concludes that the patients with selected comorbidities (i.e. Hypertension and Diabetes) post COVID-19 were found to have moderate Lifestyle Implication in overall physical, psychological and socio-economic aspects.
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