TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of the Symptoms of Prolonged COVID-19 on Quality of Life A1 - Fadime Cinar A1 - Fatma Eti Aslan JF - Archives of Pharmacy Practice JO - Arch Pharm Pract SN - 2320-5210 Y1 - 2023 VL - 14 IS - 2 DO - 10.51847/DEOVwlZu2A SP - 111 EP - 116 N2 - This study was conducted to examine the effect of prolonged Covid-19 symptoms on quality of life. The current study involved 153 patients who applied to the COVID-19 follow-up clinic of a public hospital in Istanbul between March 1 and May 11, 2020, and were hospitalized with a positive diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. These patients were followed up by telephone or face-to-face in the COVID-19 follow-up outpatient clinic four to twelve weeks after recovery and discharge. According to gender, the patients were 43.3% female, 56.7% male, and the mean age was 48.130±13,388 (Min=23; Max=75), the average number of hospital stays was 7.856±4.614 (Min=1; Max=32), white cell count, which is one of the inflammatory markers, decreased significantly at the 12th week according to the measurements of the 4th week and 8th week (p UR - https://archivepp.com/article/the-effect-of-the-symptoms-of-prolonged-covid-19-on-quality-of-life-4j41v6wryapknrm ER -