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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Post-acute (long) COVID-19 quality of life: validation of the German version of (PAC19QoL) instrument.

Srikanth Umakanthan, Mariam Monice, Salona Mehboob, Cheryl Linda Jones, Sam Lawrence

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Srikanth UmakanthanDepartment of Para-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Mariam MoniceIndependent Researcher, Berlin, Germany.
Salona MehboobIndependent Researcher, Berlin, Germany.
Cheryl Linda JonesIndependent Researcher, Berlin, Germany.
Sam LawrenceCOVID-19 Independent Research Study Group, Berlin, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of our study was to validate a German translation of the post-acute (long) COVID-19 quality of life (PAC-19QoL) instrument among German patients with long COVID-19 syndrome. Patients and methods: The PAC-19QoL instrument was translated into the German language and administrated to patients with long COVID-19 syndrome. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to analyze the internal consistency of the instrument. Construction validity was evaluated by using Pearson's correlation coefficient and Spearman's rank correlation. Scores of patients and controls were compared using the Mann-Whitney Results: A total of 45 asymptomatic and 41 symptomatic participants were included. In total, 41 patients with long COVID-19 syndrome completed the PAC-19QoL and EQ-5D-5L questionnaires. PAC-19QoL domain scores were significantly different between symptomatic and asymptomatic participants. All items achieved a Cronbach's alpha >0.7. There was a significant correlation between all domains on the test ( Conclusion: The German version of the instrument is valid and reliable and can be a suitable tool for research and daily clinical practice among patients with long COVID-19 syndrome.

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COVID-19Quality of LifeHumansLanguagePost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeReproducibility of ResultsEQ-5D-5Llong COVID-19PAC-19QoLquestionnairevalidation

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PMID37457286
PMCPMC10349205

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