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Was ist EPOCA?

Der „Erfassungsbogen für Post-Covid Assessment“ wurde von der EPOCA Arbeitsgruppe der Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM) entwickelt. EPOCA stellt ein bedarfsgerechtes Abklärungs- und Begleit-Screening von Long COVID Symptomen dar, mit dem übergeordneten Ziel der Koordination von Behandlungs- sowie Rehabilitationspfaden und Wiedereingliederungsmassnahmen. 

EPOCA Referenzen

GENERAL FUNCTIONAL STATUS Post-Covid19  

  

Post-Covid Functional Scale (PCFS) 

Klok FA, Boon GJAM, Barco S, et al. The Post-COVID-19 Functional Status scale: a tool 

to measure functional status over time after COVID-19. Eur Respir J 2020; 56: 2001494 

 

GENERAL HEALTH  

“Gefühls-Thermometer” (%), Feeling Thermometer (EQ-5D) 

Perneger T, Combescure C, Courvoisier D. General Population Reference Values for the French Version of the EuroQol EQ-5D Health Utility Instrument. Value Health. 2010 Aug;13(5):631-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2010.00727.x. Epub 2010 Apr 15. 

 

PHYSICAL 

1 Min. Sitzen-zu-Stehen Test (1 Minute Sit-to-Stand): 

 Strassmann, A., Steurer-Stey, C., Lana, K.D. et al. Population-based reference values for the 1-min sit-to-stand test. Int J Public Health 58, 949–953 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0504-z 

 

Fatigue Severity Score (FSS) 

Valko PO, Bassetti CL, Bloch KE, Held U, Baumann CR. Validation of the fatigue severity scale in a Swiss cohort. Sleep. 2008 Nov;31(11):1601-7. doi: 

10.1093/sleep/31.11.1601 

 

Post-exertional malaise (PEM) - Neu 2024:

DePaul Symptom Questionnaire- (DSQ-) Short Form PEM Questionnaire 

Colter J, Holtzman C, Dudun C, Jason LA. A Brief Questionnaire to Assess Post-Exertional Malaise. Diagnostics (Basel). 2018;8(3):66. Published 2018 Sep 11. 

 

RESPIRATORY / DYSPNEA 

Fragebogen zur Atemnot (Chronic respiratory questionnaire, CRQ): 

"Puhan MA, Garcia-Aymerich J, Frey M, et al. Expansion of the prognostic assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the updated BODE index and the ADO index. Lancet 

. 2009 Aug 29;374(9691):704-11. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61301-5." 

 

COGNITIVE / PSYCH  

WHO-5 Wellbeing Index 

Topp CW, Østergaard SD, Søndergaard S, Bech P. The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: a systematic review of the literature. Psychother Psychosom. 2015;84(3):167-76. 

 

DemTec 

Kalbe E, Kessler J, Calabrese P, et al. DemTect: a new, sensitive cognitive screening test to support the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004;19:136–43. 

 

Kalbe E, Kessler J. DemTect. Cognitive Screening Instruments: A Practical Approach. Springer International Publishing 2016:197–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44775-9_8 

 

Kessler J, Fengler S, Kaesberg S, et al. DemTect 40- und DemTect 80+: Neue Auswertungsroutinen für diese Altersgruppen. Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie. 2014;82:640–5 

 

 

WORK & RECOVERY EXPECTATIONS  

Work Ability Score (WAS), single item 

Ahlstrom L, Grimby-Ekman A, Hagberg M, Dellve L. The Work Ability Index and single-item question: associations with sick leave, symptoms, and health–a prospective study of women on long-term sick leave. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2010;36(5):404–12. 

 

El Fassi M, Bocquet V, Majery N, Lair ML, Couffignal S, Mairiaux P. Work ability assessment in a worker population: comparison and determinants of Work Ability Index and Work Ability score. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:305. 

 

Recovery question 

Hayden JA, Wilson MN, Riley RD, Iles R, PincusT, Ogilvie R. Individual recovery expectations and prognosis of outcomes in non-specific low back pain: prognostic factor review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD011284. 

 

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