A Factor Analysis of Long Covid Symptom Clusters in Thais People after Coronavirus 2019 Infection, Bangkok Metropolitan
Keywords:
Post COVID-19, Long COVID19, Factor analysis, Distress, Symptom clusterAbstract
This study is a descriptive study. The purpose of this research was to study the component of Long COVID syndromes for patient’s after COVID-19. The study was conducted in 300 post COVID-19 patients. The instrument used in questionnaire of 50 long COVID-19 symptoms. It was tested for content validity by 5 experts and reliability by the Alpha coefficient formula of Cronbach obtained a reliability of .94. Data were collected between September 2022 – November 2022. Data were the extraction analyzed by Principle components analysis, Orthogonal Rotation, and the Varimax method.
The research findings were as follows: There were seven (7) components consisting of 38 items, which accounted for 67.43% of variance. Component 1, the dermatological symptoms identified by five (5) items accounted for 22.26% of variance. Component 2, the mood, emotional and brain symptoms identified by thirteen (13) items accounted for 7.35% of the variance. Component 3, the cardiorespiratory symptoms identified by three (3) items accounted for 6.06% of the variance. Component 4, the musculoskeletal and joint symptoms identified by four (4) items accounted for 4.49% of the variance. Component 5, the flu-like symptoms identified by five (5) items accounted for 4.05% of the variance. Component 6, the gastrointestinal symptoms identified by five (5) items accounted for 3.40% of the variance. Finally, component 7, the fatigue symptoms identified by three (3) items accounted for 3.10 % of the variance.
Since Long COVID-19 syndrome results in distress and affects the quality of life in patients, nurses should focus on taking care of the uninfected individuals and post COVID-19 patients who are at a high risk leading to Long COVID-19 syndrome. Education and counselling should be employed by nurses via media and online platforms. Lastly, the family members should be involved in caring for the patients.
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