Functional Outcome after Clinical Recovery from Moderate to Critical COVID-19 among Patients Admitted to the Philippine General Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study

COVID-19 significantly affects the functional outcome of patients in terms of activities of daily living as measured by the Barthel Index. Preliminary data gathered from our study and the high dropout rate supports the need for better follow-up and selecting a tool that is better able to describe the non-demographic factors affecting functionality and participation in activities of daily living.