Occupational Therapy International

Research Article

Exploring the Ability to Perform Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Status after Hospitalization with COVID-19: A Multiple Case Study

Table 1

Characteristics of participants ().
Age
 Median years (range)68 (40-87)
Sex
 Male (%)7 (64)
Employment status
 Employed full time (%)3 (27)
 Unemployed (%)1 (9)
 Retired (%)6 (55)
 Early retirement (%)1 (9)
Independence in ADL prior to admission
 All ADL (%)6 (55)
 P-ADL (%)2 (18)
 Some P-ADL (%)3 (27)
Primary diagnose at hospital admission
 COVID-19 (%)9 (82)
 Other diagnose (%)2 (18)
Patients in ICU (%)7 (64)
 Median days of admission to ICU (range)24 (10-80)
Days from admission to discharge assessment,
 Median days (range)20 (7-95)
Isolation for COVID-19 at discharge tests7 (64)
Discharge destination
 Home with outpatient rehabilitation (%)5 (45)
 Inpatient rehabilitation unit in community (%)3 (27)
 Inpatient rehabilitation unit in community via hospital rehabilitation unit (%)2 (18)
 Rehabilitation unit in hospital, own home, nursing home (%)1 (9)
Referred to OT8 (73)
 Swallowing assessment (%)7 (64)
 ADL assessment (%)1 (9)
ADL: activities of daily living; P-ADL: Personal activities of daily living (e.g., washing, eating, and dressing); ICU: intensive care unit; OT: occupational therapy.