Implementación de un programa de fisioterapia respiratoria telemática a pacientes postcovid-19 durante el confinamiento: estudio cuasi-experimental

Abstract

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, “SARS-CoV-2”, has put the world's population in check, affecting millions of people worldwide. In March 2020, Spain was paralyzed to deal with the COVID 19 pandemic. Numerous countries confined their populations for the purpose of viral containment. Health systems collapsed and the confinement had a strong social, health and economic impact. At that time, digital forms of communication in medicine increased, imposing new healthcare realities such as teleconsultation. COVID-19 is a multisystemic disease, with heterogeneous clinical manifestations, and some patients develop sequelae of various kinds that require rehabilitation: physiotherapy is playing a fundamental role in the recovery of COVID-19 patients. During the confinement, a telematic respiratory physiotherapy program was initiated for those patients who had suffered from the disease and remained at home with residual dyspnea and respiratory sequelae without access to face-to-face care. The telematic access route offered important advantages, eliminating the barriers of distance and contagion, and making rehabilitation possible.