Ayşegül Ketenci, Mert Zure, Fatma Merih Akpınar, Yelda Soluk Özdemir, Özlem Balbaloğlu, Mazlum Serdar Akaltun, Ender Erden, Ayla Çağlıyan Türk, Merve Damla Korkmaz, Burcu Metin Ökmen, Özlem Altındağ, Feray Soyupek, Elif Yakşi, Dilşad Sindel, Nalan Sezgin, Kübra Ustaömer, Fatma Nur Kesiktaş, Didem Dere, Şevket Güneş, Cansın Medin Ceylan, Birkan Sonel Tur, Deniz Evcik
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to accurately evaluate pain lasting longer than three months and falls under the category of chronic pain and to determine the risk factors to follow up and treat properly and to develop appropriate diagnostic and treatment algorithms. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between March 2021 and December 2021, a total of 437 patients (162 males, 275 females; mean age: 44±14.6 years; range, 12 to 82 years) who were referred to the participating centers due to pain complaints and were diagnosed with post-COVID-19 condition according to the criteria defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) were included in the study...
March 2024: Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation