Arvind Nune1, Victor Durkowski2, Andrew Titman3, Latika Gupta4, Marin Hadzhiivanov2, Ashar Ahmed2, Cristina Musat2, Hem R Sapkota5. 1. Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport PR8 6PN, UK, Email: arvind.nune@nhs.net. 2. Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust, Southport, UK. 3. Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. 4. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. 5. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies to evaluate long COVID symptoms and their risk factors are limited. We evaluated the presence of long COVID and its risk factors in patients discharged from a hospital with COVID-19 illness. METHODS: This observational study included 271 COVID-19 patients admitted between February and July 2020 in a hospital in the UK. The primary outcome measure was to assess the duration and severity of long COVID and its predictors at 3, 6 and 9 months. Logistic regression was performed to assess the potential risk factors for long COVID. RESULTS: Out of 89 patients interviewed, 55 (62%) had long COVID for 3 months, 46 (52%) for 6 months and 37 of the 75 patients admitted to the hospital with acute COVID-19 had long COVID for 9 months (49%). The most common long COVID symptoms were fatigue and breathlessness. CONCLUSION: Nearly two-thirds of patients at 3 months and a half at 9 months had long COVID. COVID-19 pneumonia was the strongest predictor of long COVID in Caucasians at 3 months.
BACKGROUND: Studies to evaluate long COVID symptoms and their risk factors are limited. We evaluated the presence of long COVID and its risk factors in patients discharged from a hospital with COVID-19 illness. METHODS: This observational study included 271 COVID-19 patients admitted between February and July 2020 in a hospital in the UK. The primary outcome measure was to assess the duration and severity of long COVID and its predictors at 3, 6 and 9 months. Logistic regression was performed to assess the potential risk factors for long COVID. RESULTS: Out of 89 patients interviewed, 55 (62%) had long COVID for 3 months, 46 (52%) for 6 months and 37 of the 75 patients admitted to the hospital with acute COVID-19 had long COVID for 9 months (49%). The most common long COVID symptoms were fatigue and breathlessness. CONCLUSION: Nearly two-thirds of patients at 3 months and a half at 9 months had long COVID. COVID-19 pneumonia was the strongest predictor of long COVID in Caucasians at 3 months.
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Keywords:
COVID-19; coronavirus; long COVID; pandemics; post COVID-19 syndrome