Effect of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program in long COVID patients symptoms who have respiratory symptoms on symptomatic status and quality of life of health personnel in Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital

Authors

  • Oratai Kaewpradit Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital

Keywords:

Long COVID, Quality of Life, Symptomatic status, Public health personnel, Home-base pulmonary rehabilitation

Abstract

The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effects of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on symptomatic status and quality of life of healthcare personnel reporting respiratory symptoms from long COVID.

The samples of this study were 32 healthcare personnel working at Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital who were infected with the coronavirus from May 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023 and experienced long COVID symptom in respiratory system such as shortness of drawing lots from hospital personnel who met the specified qualifications. The experimental group received a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program developed based on Dodd model for a period of six weeks. The research instruments were questionnaires consisting of three parts: 1) personal information 2) symptom assessment form and 3) quality of life measure. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed – Rank Test

The results revealed the experimental group had a better symptomatic status and quality of life at a statistically significant level of .001 (p < .001).

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2026-02-02

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Kaewpradit O. Effect of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program in long COVID patients symptoms who have respiratory symptoms on symptomatic status and quality of life of health personnel in Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital. South. Reg. Prim. Health Care J. [internet]. 2026 Feb. 2 [cited 2026 Feb. 24];38(1):11-20. available from: https://he05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRTC/article/view/7399

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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2023): October - December

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