Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients
Anh Pham, Julia Smith, Kiffer G Card, Kaylee A Byers, Esther Khor · 2024
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Anh Pham and co-authors study how social conditions shape daily life for people living with long COVID. Their 2024 paper draws on more than three thousand patients at recovery clinics in British Columbia, who rated their health across movement, self-care, daily tasks, body comfort, and mental state.
Nearly all patients rated their health below ninety on a hundred-point scale, and half fell below sixty. Age, sex, job status, and ethnic background each tracked with the scores in distinct ways. Older patients moved worse and hurt more but reported less anxiety. The authors argue that recovery policy should be tailored by social group, so that support reaches those hit hardest rather than spreading evenly and thin.
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| CREATOR | Anh Pham, Julia Smith, Kiffer G Card, Kaylee A Byers, Esther Khor |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |