TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-COVID-19 recovery and geriatric rehabilitation care
T2 - a European inter-country comparative study
AU - van Tol, Lisa S.
AU - Lin, Tiangao
AU - Caljouw, Monique A. A.
AU - Cesari, Matteo
AU - Dockery, Frances
AU - Everink, Irma H. J.
AU - Francis, Bahaa N.
AU - Gordon, Adam L.
AU - Grund, Stefan
AU - Matchekhina, Luba
AU - Bazan, L. Monica Perez
AU - Topinkova, Eva
AU - Vassallo, Mark A.
AU - Achterberg, Wilco P.
AU - Haaksma, Miriam L.
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - Aim: To describe selection criteria for referral to geriatric rehabilitation, care provided, and recovery trajectories of post-COVID-19 patients referred to geriatric rehabilitation in Europe. Findings: In the ten participating countries, patients showed recovery in daily functioning and quality of life, albeit at variable rates. This variation in recovery rates was accompanied by variation in geriatric rehabilitation selection criteria, patient characteristics, and provided rehabilitation care. Message: The heterogeneity in recovery of post-COVID-19 patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation, selection criteria, and organization of geriatric rehabilitation care highlights the need for harmonization of measurements in geriatric rehabilitation in order to perform explanatory research and optimize geriatric rehabilitation throughout Europe.
AB - Aim: To describe selection criteria for referral to geriatric rehabilitation, care provided, and recovery trajectories of post-COVID-19 patients referred to geriatric rehabilitation in Europe. Findings: In the ten participating countries, patients showed recovery in daily functioning and quality of life, albeit at variable rates. This variation in recovery rates was accompanied by variation in geriatric rehabilitation selection criteria, patient characteristics, and provided rehabilitation care. Message: The heterogeneity in recovery of post-COVID-19 patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation, selection criteria, and organization of geriatric rehabilitation care highlights the need for harmonization of measurements in geriatric rehabilitation in order to perform explanatory research and optimize geriatric rehabilitation throughout Europe.
KW - Geriatric rehabilitation
KW - COVID-19
KW - Recovery
KW - Europe
KW - VALUE SET
U2 - 10.1007/s41999-024-01030-w
DO - 10.1007/s41999-024-01030-w
M3 - Article
SN - 1878-7649
VL - 15
SP - 1489
EP - 1501
JO - European Geriatric Medicine
JF - European Geriatric Medicine
IS - 5
M1 - 114519
ER -