Table 1.
General characteristics of patients recovering from COVID-19 receiving primary allied health care in a Dutch prospective cohort study (N=1451).
| General characteristics | Participants | |
| Treatments (n=1708)a, n (%) | ||
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Physical therapy/exercise therapy | 1005 (58.8) |
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Occupational therapy | 364 (21.3) |
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Dietary care | 224 (13.1) |
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Speech and language therapy | 115 (6.7) |
| Sex (n=1330)b, n (%) | ||
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Male | 482 (36.2) |
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Female | 848 (63.8) |
| Age (years; n=1331), mean (SD) | 49 (13) | |
| COVID-19 severity (n=1311)b, n (%) | ||
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Mild/moderate | 1002 (76.4) |
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Serious | 271 (20.7) |
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Very serious | 38 (2.9) |
| Admission to hospital for COVID-19 infection (n=1315)b, n (%) | ||
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Hospitalized, including the ICUc | 87 (6.6) |
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Hospitalized | 213 (16.2) |
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Not hospitalized | 1015 (77.2) |
| BMI (kg/m2; n=1071)b; mean 28 (SD 6) | ||
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Underweight (<18.5) | 10 (0.9) |
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Normal weight (18.5-25.0) | 323 (30.2) |
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Overweight (25.0-30.0) | 404 (37.7) |
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Obese (>30.0) | 334 (31.2) |
| Smoking status (n=1305)b, n (%) | ||
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Current | 63 (4.8) |
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Former | 166 (12.7) |
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Never | 1076 (82.5) |
| Living status (n=1322)b, n (%) | ||
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Alone | 212 (16.0) |
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Cohabiting | 1110 (84.0) |
| Informal caregiver (n=1319)b, n (%) | ||
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Yes | 526 (39.9) |
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No | 793 (60.1) |
| Comorbidities (n=1331), n (%) | ||
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0 | 766 (57.6) |
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1 | 410 (30.8) |
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≥2 | 155 (11.6) |
aSome participants received multiple treatments from multiple primary allied health professionals. Therefore, the number of treatments exceeded the number of participants.
bData were not fully available for all patients.
cICU: intensive care unit.