Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Post Acute Covid-19 Patients

Eskisehir City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Abnormalities; Covid19

Treatments: Other: chest computed tomography; Other: Survey; Other: Laboratory parameters

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04932889

EskisehirCityH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms initiated or aggravated with Covid-19, were compared with the patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms did not change with Covid-19. The variables; the demographic and treatment datas, admission symptoms, post acute-Covid-19 symptoms, laboratory, chest computed tomography findings.

Full description

There is a lack of an overview of the factors associated with post acute-Covid-19 musculoskeletal symptoms. The aims are;1-to evaluate the most frequent admission symptoms and the frequency of musculoskeletal symptoms in post acute-Covid-19 patients,2-to determine the related factors with the post acute-Covid-19 musculoskeletal symptoms.

In this retrospective study; the patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms initiated or aggravated with Covid-19, were compared wthe patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms did not change with Covid-19. The variables; the demographic and treatment datas, admission symptoms, post acute-Covid-19 symptoms, laboratory (complete blood count, C-reactive protein, ferritin, D-dimer), chest computed tomography findings.

Enrollment: 280 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being 18 years or older
• Having Covid-19 treatment (home quarantine / hospital / intensive care unit) according to a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in a nasopharyngeal + oropharyngeal swab or chest CT.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who did not have musculoskeletal symptom records (admission symptoms and musculoskeletal symptoms such as; fatigue, spine / joint /muscle pain/ numbness) in patients files
• Acute Covid-19 patients whose symptoms started less than 1 month

Trial design

280 participants in 2 patient groups

Change

Description:

the patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms initiated or aggravated with Covid-19 (n=240)

Treatment:

Other: chest computed tomography

Other: Laboratory parameters

Other: Survey

No change

Description:

the patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms did not change with Covid-19 (n=40)

Treatment:

Other: chest computed tomography

Other: Laboratory parameters

Other: Survey