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SOTO-RODRIGUEZ, Silvana; CONTRERAS M., Karen  e  VERGARA A., César. Effects of a tele-rehabilitation program on physical capacity and dyspnea in primary health care, after hospital discharge for covid-19: observational study. Rev. chil. enferm. respir. [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.2, pp.88-95. ISSN 0717-7348.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0717-73482022000300088.

In March 2020, a pandemic of global characteristics was declared, due to a virus, which generates significant deterioration at the systemic level, SARS -CoV-2, with the COVID-19 disease. The functional deterioration of those suffering from post-COVID-19 sequelae has led rehabilitation professionals to look for efficient ways to intervene. This study, descriptive and retrospective, evaluated the effects of a 6-week remote rehabilitation program, in 39 patients discharged from COVID-19, from a Family Health Center in the Commune of El Bosque, Santiago, Chile, between July and December 2020, analyzing physical capacity with the 1 minute sitting-standing test and dyspnea with modified Borg’s scale. The results showed statistically significant changes in the physical capacity and dyspnea of the operated patients. It is necessary to study the benefits of specific interventions for this population, and their long-term impact, understanding that we live with a new disease, a prolonged COVID, which even in mild cases is leaving important functional sequelae.

Palavras-chave : COVID-19; dyspnea; telerehabilitation; family health; Retrospective Studies.

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