Efficiency of an Optimized Care Organization for Fatigue Management for Patients With COVID-19.

Efficiency of an Optimized Care Organization for Fatigue Management for Patients With COVID-19.

Length of hospitalization for COVID-19 infection may be increased due to the persistence of fatigue in 29-46% of cases. Its management is essential to prevent the chronic fatigue . Chronic fatigue syndrome affected between 30 and 40% of patients with SARS in 2003 or MERS in 2005 and persisted beyond 3 years. There is currently no specific treatment for acute or <4 months asthenia. To avoid the transition to chronicity, some authors recommend respecting a long rest period. However, a program combining adapted physical activity and therapeutic patient education has already shown significant benefits for combating recent or semi-recent fatigue following a cardiovascular pathology and even during cancer treatments. Therefore, the existing care pathway for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was adapted, combining exercise training and therapeutic patient education workshops.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient living in the Loire region, France
• Patient showing post COVID-19 fatigue (RT PCR positive <1 month)
• Non-intubated patient if hospitalization in intensive care (<72h)
• Patient hospitalized in a Covid unit at the Saint Etienne Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient hospitalized in intensive care >72h
• Intubated and ventilated patient in intensive care
• Non-hospitalized patient and community-based medical follow-up