After the quarantine for COVID-19 is lifted, now it’s time to rehabilitate! Get back a healthy daily life.
– Publication of a rehabilitation guide for those released from quarantine with COVID-19 –
□ The National Rehabilitation Center (Acting Director Kim Wan-ho) has published a Rehabilitation Guide for Corona 19 Quarantine Releasers, which contains rehabilitation information for people recovering following being infected with COVID-19. <붙임 1 참조>
○ This guide contains, from the point of view of rehabilitation medicine, how to manage symptoms that may appear following COVID-19 infection, such as breathing management, fatigue management for daily life, physical activity and exercise, cognitive management, swallowing management, and voice management by area. .
□ Many patients infected with COVID-19 recover without sequelae, but some cases have been reported where symptoms persist for more than two weeks following the onset.
“After working out, I am definitely more tired than before. The food still doesn’t taste good.” 4 weeks of release from quarantine (Kim OO, male, 36 years old)
“I came back to work, but following working, I quickly get tired and out of breath.”
8 weeks of quarantine release (Kwak OO, male, 48 years old)
○ In the world-renowned academic journal Nature, the results of analyzing and considering studies tracking COVID-19 patients in Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China were published. (August 2021)
– According to the results of this study, symptoms or signs that persist for more than two weeks following the onset of the disease were viewed as long-term effects, and 80% of COVID-19 patients reported having one or more symptoms.
– Commonly reported symptoms include fatigue (58%), headache (44%), attention disorders (27%), and dyspnea (24%). <붙임 2 참조>
○ The National Rehabilitation Center reviewed the report of the National Institute of Health (NIHR) in the UK, the guidelines of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Evaluation (NICE) in the UK, and the guide for self-management published by the European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) to release the quarantine for COVID-19. We published a guidebook on how to help the people.
○ The published guide is distributed to those who are released from quarantine due to COVID-19, and the contents of this booklet (PDF file) can also be viewed through the website of the National Rehabilitation Center. In the future, the guide will be made into a video and uploaded to the YouTube channel of the National Rehabilitation Center (May 2022) so that more people can utilize rehabilitation information.
* National Rehabilitation Center website (www.nrc.go.kr) > Health and Rehabilitation Information Portal for Persons with Disabilities > Reference Room
* YouTube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCv8BrfSwmHcX1LUblpjPF8w?view_as=subscriber
○ It is hoped that the Rehabilitation Guide for COVID-19 quarantined persons will help people who have completed inpatient treatment, treatment center treatment, and home treatment to safely return to daily life.
<붙임> 1. Rehabilitation guide for those released from quarantine with COVID-19
2. Picture material published in the journal Nature
