The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health and Musculoskeletal Pain in Post-COVID-19-Recovered Patients

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is having worldwide impact including mental and physical health. The objective of this study is to evaluate the mental health and musculoskeletal pain in postrecovered patients. Methods: A 4-week exercise program including warm-up exercises, strengthening exercises, relaxation exercises, deep breathing exercises, and cool down exercises was designed for this interventional study. A total of 100 corona-recovered patients were selected from the physiotherapy department of the hospital. All the patients were instructed to come to the department for postassessment and then the data were analyzed. Results: The significant results were seen in the following variables on the basis of comparison between week 1 and week 4: Visual Analog Scale score (week 1: 2.11 ± 1.77 and week 4: 0.79 ± 1.21), modified Borg Dyspnea Scale (week 1: 2.07 ± 1.65 and week 4: 0.79 ± 1.21), Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (week 1: 42.5 ± 4.6 and week 4: 59.4 ± 6.7), and Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Scale (week 1: 8.32 ± 6.1 and week 4: 1.68 ± 2.42). Conclusions: The study concluded that there was significant reduction of physical and mental health status of patients with history of COVID-19.