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. 2023 Jan 31;20(3):2563.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032563.

Models of Support for Caregivers and Patients with the Post-COVID-19 Condition: A Scoping Review

Tahissa Frota Cavalcante  1 , Caroline Evaristo Lourenço  1 , José Erivelton de Souza Maciel Ferreira  1 , Lídia Rocha Oliveira  1 , João Cruz Neto  1 , Josemberg Pereira Amaro  1 , Rafaella Pessoa Moreira  1
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Models of Support for Caregivers and Patients with the Post-COVID-19 Condition: A Scoping Review

Tahissa Frota Cavalcante et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: In December 2019, an outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), occurred in the city of Wuhan, China. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. In October 2021, with the advancement of the disease, the World Health Organization defined the post-COVID-19 condition. The post-COVID-19 condition occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2, usually 3 months after the onset of the disease. The chronicity of COVID-19 has increased the importance of recognizing caregivers and their needs.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review following international guidelines to map the models of support for caregivers and patients with the post-COVID-19 condition. The searches were conducted in electronic databases and the grey literature. The Population, Concept, and Context framework was used: Population: patients with the post-COVID-19 condition and caregivers; Concept: models of caregiver and patient support; and Context: post-COVID-19 condition. A total of 3258 records were identified through the electronic search, and 20 articles were included in the final sample.

Results: The studies approached existing guidelines and health policies for post-COVID-19 condition patients and support services for patients and home caregivers such as telerehabilitation, multidisciplinary care, hybrid models of care, and follow-up services. Only one study specifically addressed the home caregivers of patients with this clinical condition.

Conclusions: The review indicates that strategies such as telerehabilitation are effective for training and monitoring the patient-family dyad, but the conditions of access and digital literacy must be considered.

Keywords: caregivers; models of care; models of support; post-COVID-19 condition; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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PRISMA-ScR flow diagram.
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Health policies and models of social support for caregivers and patients with the post-COVID-19 condition.
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