Understanding recovery of people recovering from COVID-19 receiving treatment from primary care allied health professionals: a mixed-methods study

Anne I Slotegraaf; Anja J Th C M de Kruif; Carla S Agasi-Idenburg; Sonja M D van Oers; Amber Ronteltap; Cindy Veenhof; Marissa H G Gerards; Arie C Verburg; Thomas J Hoogeboom; Marian A E de van der Schueren; Dutch Consortium Allied Healthcare COVID-19

doi:10.1080/09638288.2024.2311330

Understanding recovery of people recovering from COVID-19 receiving treatment from primary care allied health professionals: a mixed-methods study

Anne I Slotegraaf, Anja J Th C M de Kruif, Carla S Agasi-Idenburg, Sonja M D van Oers, Amber Ronteltap, Cindy Veenhof, Marissa H G Gerards, Arie C Verburg, Thomas J Hoogeboom, Marian A E de van der Schueren, Dutch Consortium Allied Healthcare COVID-19

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PURPOSE: To quantitatively assess changes in recovery of people recovering from COVID-19 treated by a primary care allied health professional, and to qualitatively describe how they dealt with persistent complaints.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This mixed-methods study is part of a Dutch prospective cohort study, from which thirty participants were selected through purposive sampling. Quantitative data on recovery were collected at start of treatment and 6 months. Additionally, by use of semi-structured interviews participants were asked on how persistent complaints influenced their lives, and how they experienced received primary care allied health treatment.

RESULTS: Despite reported improvements, most participants still experienced limitations at 6 months. Hospital participants reported a higher severity of complaints, but home participants reported more diverse complaints and a longer recovery. Most participants were satisfied with the primary care allied healthcare. Tender loving care and a listening ear, learning to manage limits, and support and acceptance of building up in small steps were perceived as contributing most to participants' recovery.

CONCLUSION: Although improvements were reported on almost all outcomes, most participants suffered from persistent complaints. Despite these persistent complaints, many participants reported being better able to cope with persistent complaints because they had decreased substantially in their intensity.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov registry (NCT04735744).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5798-5807
Number of pages	10
Journal	Disability and Rehabilitation
Volume	46
Issue number	24
Early online date	6 Feb 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2311330
Publication status	Published - 2024

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This project was funded by ZonMw Efficiency Studies (10390062010001) and received additional funding for setting up the data collection tool by the Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy, the Association for Quality in Physical Therapy, the Nivel Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Stichting Revalidatie en Wetenschap, and Maastricht University. We would like to thank all participants for reporting their data and sharing their experiences with received primary care allied healthcare treatment in the interviews.

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Universiteit Maastricht
Association for Quality in Physical Therapy
Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg
Stichting Revalidatie en Wetenschap
Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy
ZonMw Efficiency Studies	10390062010001

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Slotegraaf, A. I., de Kruif, A. J. T. C. M., Agasi-Idenburg, C. S., van Oers, S. M. D., Ronteltap, A., Veenhof, C., Gerards, M. H. G., Verburg, A. C., Hoogeboom, T. J., de van der Schueren, M. A. E., & Dutch Consortium Allied Healthcare COVID-19 (2024). Understanding recovery of people recovering from COVID-19 receiving treatment from primary care allied health professionals: a mixed-methods study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46(24), 5798-5807. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2311330

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