作者
Aurélie Fischer, Lu Zhang, Abir Elbéji, Paul Wilmes, Pauline Oustric, Therese Staub, Petr V Nazarov, Markus Ollert, Guy Fagherazzi
发表日期
2022/8/1
期刊
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
卷号
9
期号
8
页码范围
ofac397
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
“Long COVID” is characterized by a variety of symptoms and an important burden for affected people. Our objective was to describe long COVID symptomatology according to initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity.
Methods
Predi-COVID cohort study participants, recruited at the time of acute COVID-19 infection, completed a detailed 12-month symptom and quality of life questionnaire. Frequencies and co-occurrences of symptoms were assessed.
Results
Among the 289 participants who fully completed the 12-month questionnaire, 59.5% reported at least 1 symptom, with a median of 6 symptoms. Participants with an initial moderate or severe acute illness declared more frequently 1 or more symptoms (82.6% vs 38.6%, P < .001) and had on average 6.8 more symptoms (95% confidence interval, 4.18–9.38) than initially …
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