Functional Assessment of Pain in Post-COVID-19 Patients

Martin Inmediato Ghetti

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Functional Assessment of Pain in Post-COVID-19 Patients

Martin Inmediato Ghetti

Published in Biomedical Sciences (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 2 November 2021 Accepted: 3 December 2021 Published: 5 February 2022

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Abstract

According to the International Association for the Study of Pain, it is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience linked or similar to that linked to an actual or potential tissue injury. A practical instrument for assessing pain is the Abbreviated Pain Inventory, which is a questionnaire developed to assess the severity and effect of pain on the individual's daily functioning. It is because of the aforementioned that the purpose of this analysis is based on Identifying the impact and severity of pain in the daily activities of Post-COVID-19 patients, according to the BPI questionnaire. The type of study selected for this research work is descriptive, cross-sectional, non-experimental and retrospective, the approach is quantitative. A digital survey was used through Google Forms, based on the abbreviated Pain Inventory (BPI), in addition to containing items on the sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample and the symptoms in Post-COVID-19 patients. Results, the symptoms referenced by Post-COVID-19 patients are numerous, among which stand out, muscle fatigue with 26 individuals in the sample, generalized weakness with 23 individuals in the sample, and memory alterations with 18 individuals in the sample. shows. In general terms, it is observed that the pain perceived by the study participants has not greatly disturbed their general activities, only 13 respondents report a moderate to severe degree of disturbance.

Published in	Biomedical Sciences (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.bs.20220801.12
Page(s)	6-9
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Pain, B. P. I., Post-COVID-19

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Coordination of Extension and Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad del Norte, Asunción, Paraguay

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