Applying the WHO ICF framework to long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms

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dc.contributor.authorBelma Füsun Köseoğlu
dc.contributor.authorBİRKAN SONEL TUR
dc.contributor.authorNilufer Kutay Ordu Gokkaya
dc.contributor.authorismail güneş gökmen
dc.contributor.authornur kesiktas
dc.contributor.authorBaşak Bilir Kaya
dc.contributor.authorRefiye ONAL
dc.contributor.authorFİGEN TUNCAY
dc.contributor.authorAysun GENÇ
dc.contributor.authorGULIN FINDIKOGLU
dc.contributor.authorŞebnem Koldaş Doğan
dc.contributor.authorSerap Tomruk Sutbeyaz
dc.contributor.authorSelda Sarıkaya
dc.contributor.authorcanan Tıkız
dc.contributor.authorHande Özdemir
dc.contributor.authorDerya Demirbağ Kabayel
dc.contributor.authorMerve Örücü Atar
dc.contributor.authorTuğba
dc.contributor.authorSelcen Yüksel
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-14T05:52:01Z
dc.date.available2025-04-14T05:52:01Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms through the application of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework. Patients and methods: This national, prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted with 213 patients (118 females, 95 males; median age 56 years; range, 20 to 85 years) with long COVID between February 2022 and November 2022. The ICF data were primarily collected through patient interviews and from the acute medical management records, physical examination findings, rehabilitation outcomes, and laboratory test results. Each parameter was linked to the Component Body Functions (CBF), the Component Body Structures (CBS), the Component Activities and Participation (CAP), the Component Environmental Factors (CEF), and Personal Factors according to the ICF linking rules. Analysis was made of the frequency of the problems encountered at each level of ICF category and by what percentage of the patient sample. Results: In the ICF, 21 categories for CBF, 1 category for CBS, and 18 categories of CAP were reported as a significant problem in a Turkish population of long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms. Furthermore, eight categories for CEF were described as a facilitator, and four as a barrier. Conclusion: These results can be of guidance and provide insight into the identification of health and health-related conditions of long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms beyond the pathophysiological aspects, organ involvement, and damage of COVID-19. The ICF can be used in patients with long COVID to describe the types and magnitude of impairments, restrictions, special needs, and complications.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.5606/tftrd.2023.13455
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/54981
dc.language.isoİngilizce
dc.subjectSolunum Sistemi
dc.titleApplying the WHO ICF framework to long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms

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