Roy S, Samanta P, Sen A, Ghosh A, Basu S. Post-COVID-19 health-related quality of life in India: A systematic review and meta-analytic assessment of recovery outcomes. World J Virol 2025; 14(4): 113507 [DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i4.113507]
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Saurav Basu, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR Medical College and Hospital-Joka, Diamond Harbor Road, Kolkata 700104, West Bengal, India. saurav.basu1983@gmail.com
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World J Virol. Dec 25, 2025; 14(4): 113507 Published online Dec 25, 2025. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i4.113507
Post-COVID-19 health-related quality of life in India: A systematic review and meta-analytic assessment of recovery outcomes
Shubhanjali Roy, Puja Samanta, Archita Sen, Arka Ghosh, Saurav Basu
Shubhanjali Roy, Puja Samanta, Archita Sen, Arka Ghosh, Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi, Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram 122102, Haryana, India
Saurav Basu, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR Medical College and Hospital-Joka, Kolkata 700104, West Bengal, India
Author contributions: Roy S was responsible for conceptualization, methodology, data curation, validation, investigation, formal analysis, software, and writing (original draft); Samanta P was responsible for methodology, data curation, validation, investigation, and writing (original draft); Sen A was responsible for methodology, data curation, validation, investigation, writing review and editing; Ghosh A was responsible for methodology, data curation, visualization, software, and writing review and editing; Basu S was responsible for conceptualization, methodology, supervision, visualization, and writing review and editing; all of the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest in publishing the manuscript.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Saurav Basu, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR Medical College and Hospital-Joka, Diamond Harbor Road, Kolkata 700104, West Bengal, India. saurav.basu1983@gmail.com
Received: September 3, 2025 Revised: October 9, 2025 Accepted: December 16, 2025 Published online: December 25, 2025 Processing time: 114 Days and 2.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This systematic review and meta-analysis is the first to comprehensively assess post- coronavirus disease 2019 health-related quality of life in India using validated instruments such as 5-level EuroQol 5-Dimensional questionnaire, Short Form-36 Health Survey, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Version, and St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire. Findings highlight that overall health-related quality of life recovery was suboptimal, especially among vulnerable groups including older adults, women, and patients with chronic conditions who experienced disproportionately poorer outcomes. The study underscores the importance of targeted, multidisciplinary rehabilitation strategies that address physical, psychological, and social domains of health to improve long-term recovery in post- coronavirus disease 2019 populations.
