Elderly persons experience more persistent health problems after recovering from COVID-19 than younger
adults. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation program for elderly
persons recovered from COVID-19 to restore normal pulmonary function and quality of life. Design: A quasi
experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the university hospitals in Beni-Suef and
Benha City. The sample: convenience sample included 90 elderly persons recovered from COVID-19.Tools: three
tools were used; tool (I): interviewing questionnaires composed of three parts; part1: personal characteristics of the
elderly persons, part 2: Older People’s Quality of Life Questionnaire, part3: The Manchester Respiratory Activities
of Daily Living Questionnaire. The second tool was geriatric depression scale. The third tool was the spirometer.
The main results indicated that; the pulmonary function parameters, mean scores of quality of life and daily living
activities among the intervention group after implementing the intervention were significantly higher than the
control group (P |
