Prevalence and predictors of long COVID at 1 year in a cohort of hospitalized patients: A multicentric qualitative and quantitative study.

Introduction: According to WHO long COVID is defined as a continuation or development of new symptoms 3 months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, with these symptoms lasting for at least 2 months with no other explanation. We followed up patients after an episode of acute COVID-19 for 1 year after hospital discharge from different parts of India.

Methods: This was a multi-centric study among patients ≥18 years hospitalized with COVID-19, which recruited patients at 6 weeks after hospital discharge (baseline).

Measuring tuberculosis patient perceived quality of care in public and public-private mix settings in India: an instrument development and validation study.

Background: At present, there are no validated quantitative scales available to measure patient-centred quality of care in health facilities providing services for tuberculosis (TB) patients in India and low-income and middle-income countries.

Methods: Initial themes and items reflective of TB patient's perceived quality of care were developed using qualitative interviews. Content adequacy of the items were ascertained through Content validity Index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR).