This study investigated pre-COVID-19 admission dependency, discharge assistive equipment, discharge medical follow-up recommendation, and functional status at hospital discharge of non-critically ill COVID-19 survivors, stratified by those with (N = 155) and without (N = 162) in-hospital rehabilitation. “Mental Status”, intensive-care-unit (ICU) Mobility, and modified Barthel Index scores were assessed at hospital discharge. Relative to the non-rehabilitation patients, rehabilitation patients were older, had more comorbidities, worse pre-admission dependency, were discharged with more assistive equipment and supplemental oxygen, spent more days in the hospital, and had more hospital-acquired acute kidney injury, acute respiratory failure, and more follow-up referrals ( p < 0.05 for all). Cardiology, vascular medicine, urology, and endocrinology were amongst the top referrals. Functional scores of many non-critically ill COVID-19 survivors were abnormal at discharge ( p < 0.05) and were associated with pre-admission dependency ( p < 0.05). Some functional scores were negatively correlated with age, hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, psychiatric disease, anemia, and neurological disorders ( p < 0.05). In-hospital rehabilitation providing restorative therapies and assisting discharge planning were challenging in COVID-19 circumstances. Knowledge of the functional status, discharge assistive equipment, and follow-up medical recommendations at discharge could enable appropriate and timely post-discharge care. Follow-up studies of COVID-19 survivors are warranted as many will likely have significant post-acute COVID-19 sequela.
【저자키워드】 Medical research, Health care, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Anemia, therapy, Cardiology, Respiratory failure, equipment, hospital, Comorbidities, rehabilitation, Acute kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease, hypertension, discharge, ICU, Coronary artery disease, Survivors, Mobility, age, Follow-up, disease, Admission, Care, patients, Neurological disorder, In-hospital, supplemental oxygen, Psychiatric, Older, Vascular, hospital discharge, Barthel Index, relative, survivor, recommendation, investigated, functional, correlated, discharged, stratified, had more, rehabilitation patient, were assessed, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, rehabilitation, In-hospital, survivor,