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    Valoración de la calidad de vida mediante el cuestionario Saint George en pacientes post COVID -19
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud/Carrera de Terapia Física, 2022-03-01) Aldas Palacios, Tatiana Alexandra.; Villarroel Quispe, Andrea Elizabeth Lcda. Msc.
    Introduction: Due to the state of health emergency caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Covid19), the increase in the morbidity-mortality burden and sequelae following the disease have triggered factors such as sedentary lifestyle, atrophies, fatigue, generating a decrease in functionality and activity limitations. In view of this, it is substantial to mark the influence of the disease on the quality of life in relation to health, through the application of the SAINT GEORGE questionnaire. Objective: Assessment of quality of life using the SAINT GEORGE questionnaire in post-COVID patients -19 Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with bibliographic-documentary modality in 24 post Covid-19 patients attending the Rehab-vital Physical Rehabilitation Center who signed the informed consent, which were evaluated by means of the Saint George questionnaire. At the end, the data obtained were synthesized in the Excel database and SPSS software, where the frequency, mean and percentage of the variables were obtained. Results: In this study, 54.2% were women with an average age of 52.4 years, who were health personnel, students and retirees the most affected with 16.7% -25.0% respectively. With respect to quality of life, 83.3% had a "Good" quality of life, 16.6% of the patients had a "Fair" quality of life, with the dimension "Impact" being the most affected with an average of 24.33 above the other dimensions. Conclusion: Most of the study population does not present limitations in relation to quality of life in health. However, the Covid -19 and its value concomitant with the sociodemographic variables have a certain negative influence on health