![]() ![]() Posttraumatic symptoms were present in 5% of non-ICU and 10% of ICU patients. Stress levels remained high with only 24% of non-ICU and 3% of ICU patients (pā=ā0.0186) having low perceived stress. ![]() Depression and fatigue were present in one fifth of the ICU patients. A higher percentage of ICU patients was limited in their activities of daily living compared to non-ICU patients. One-third of ICU and half of the non-ICU patients returned to work. Of non-ICU 87% and 80% of ICU survivors lived at home without support after 12 months. Questionnaires included the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L), patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the generalized anxiety disorder 7 scale (GAD-7), FACIT fatigue scale, perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and posttraumatic symptom scale 10 (PTSS-10). Patients were interviewed 3 and 12 months after hospital discharge. Patients eligible were hospitalized with COVID-19 between March 2020 and December 2020. This is a single-center study at the University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Germany. The current study aimed to determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after COVID-19 hospitalization in non-intensive care unit (ICU) and ICU patients. Long-term sequelae in hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients may result in limited quality of life. ![]()
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