Persisting COVID-19 symptoms causing anxiety and inappropriate healthcare admissions Anksiyeteye ve sağlık kuruluşlarına uygunsuz başvurulara neden olan süreğen COVID-19 semptomları


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GÜVEN A. T.

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, cilt.41, sa.1, ss.107-108, 2021 (Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

Özet

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection has a variable disease course among patients. Although majority have either no or mild symptoms, symptomatic patients suffer persistence of mild symptoms, such as fatigue, headache or cough. It has been shown that less than 1 out of 7 patients is asymptomatic after 2 months of diag-nose. These symptomatic patients seek healthcare assistance repeatedly and anxiously for their mild prolonged symptoms. Simple reassurance can be pursued instead of detailed investigation in these anxious symptomatic patients. Patients can be informed about the disease course. Media can be effectively used to promote information about the disease course to reduce unnecessary healthcare admissions. Healthcare providers can implement measures to guidelines for healthcare profes-sionals. Further studies should be conducted to bring solutions to is-sues mentioned in this observation.