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The world witnessed and went through the COVID-19 pandemic for a major part of two years, the after effects of which still reverberate loudly worldwide. The psychological and emotional turmoil was felt by everyone but was accentuated many fold, especially for the COVID-19 survivors. Years of research have already established gratitude and hope to be the predictors of psychological well-being. The present research study made an attempt to explore gratitude and hope as the correlates of psychological well-being amongst COVID-19 survivors. The sample of this research study consisted of 76 survivors (N=76) from the state of Haryana, India. Gratitude Questionnaire-6 by McCullough et al. (2002);the Adult State Hope Scale by Snyder et al. (1996);and Ryffs Psychological Well-being Scale (RPWBS-18;Ryff et al., 2010) were used for the assessment of the variables. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was applied to explore the relationship among the variables. The findings of the study establish a significant positive correlation between both, gratitude and psychological well-being & hope and psychological well-being.
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Background The primary objective of this study was to determine the outcome of emergency surgery in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with regard to presently existing physical status, and highlight its subspecialty distribution. Methods This retrospective observational study was done on all patients who underwent emergency surgery between March 2020 and Dec 2021 and were positive for COVID-19. Data collection included the age of the patients, gender, diagnosis, the type of surgery performed, and outcome. Physical status was assessed, as per Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale (MMRC) and Metabolic Equivalent Scale (METS). Results A total of 89 patients were analyzed from March 2020 to Dec 2021. There were 63 females and 26 males. The average age of the males was 53.8 ± 8.9 years and the average age of the females was 29.1 ± 4.6 years. The maximum number of surgeries done was lower segment cesarean section (57.3%). 55 out of 60 (91%) cases had a good grade on the MMRC scale (Grade 0 and 1). 3 patients had Grade 4 MMRC scale and all 3 were oncology cases. As per the METS scale, 56/60 (93.3%) patients had METS >10. Conclusion This study has demonstrated that 55 out of 60 (91%) of cases had a good grade on the MMRC scale (Grade 0 and 1) 6 months to 1-year post-surgery. As per the METS scale, 56/60 (93.3%) patients had METS >10. Most of the cases were asymptomatic COVID-19-positive and presently have good physical status as determined by the study.
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Background: The primary objective of this study was to determine the outcome of emergency surgery in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with regard to presently existing physical status, and highlight its subspecialty distribution. Methods: This retrospective observational study was done on all patients who underwent emergency surgery between March 2020 and Dec 2021 and were positive for COVID-19. Data collection included the age of the patients, gender, diagnosis, the type of surgery performed, and outcome. Physical status was assessed, as per Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale (MMRC) and Metabolic Equivalent Scale (METS). Results: A total of 89 patients were analyzed from March 2020 to Dec 2021. There were 63 females and 26 males. The average age of the males was 53.8 ± 8.9 years and the average age of the females was 29.1 ± 4.6 years. The maximum number of surgeries done was lower segment cesarean section (57.3%). 55 out of 60 (91%) cases had a good grade on the MMRC scale (Grade 0 and 1). 3 patients had Grade 4 MMRC scale and all 3 were oncology cases. As per the METS scale, 56/60 (93.3%) patients had METS >10. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that 55 out of 60 (91%) of cases had a good grade on the MMRC scale (Grade 0 and 1) 6 months to 1-year post-surgery. As per the METS scale, 56/60 (93.3%) patients had METS >10. Most of the cases were asymptomatic COVID-19-positive and presently have good physical status as determined by the study.