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Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study

Health professionals have been one of the groups most affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, there is little scientific evidence on the similarities and differences between COVID-19 infection and the development of long COVID in primary care (PC) workers. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse...

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Autores principales: Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza, Vélez-Santamaría, Rodrigo, Pérula-de-Torres, Luis Ángel, González-Lama, Jesús, Castro-Jiménez, Rafael Ángel, Simón-Vicente, Lucía, Jiménez-García, Celia, González-Bernal, Jerónimo J., Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian, Fernández-Solana, Jessica, González-Santos, Josefa
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372794
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121677
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author Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza
Vélez-Santamaría, Rodrigo
Pérula-de-Torres, Luis Ángel
González-Lama, Jesús
Castro-Jiménez, Rafael Ángel
Simón-Vicente, Lucía
Jiménez-García, Celia
González-Bernal, Jerónimo J.
Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian
Fernández-Solana, Jessica
González-Santos, Josefa
author_facet Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza
Vélez-Santamaría, Rodrigo
Pérula-de-Torres, Luis Ángel
González-Lama, Jesús
Castro-Jiménez, Rafael Ángel
Simón-Vicente, Lucía
Jiménez-García, Celia
González-Bernal, Jerónimo J.
Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian
Fernández-Solana, Jessica
González-Santos, Josefa
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description Health professionals have been one of the groups most affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, there is little scientific evidence on the similarities and differences between COVID-19 infection and the development of long COVID in primary care (PC) workers. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse their clinical and epidemiological profiles in depth. This study was observational and descriptive, including PC professionals who were divided into three comparison groups based on the diagnostic test for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The responses were analysed using descriptive and bivariate analysis to examinate the relationship between independent variables and the presence or not of long COVID. Binary logistic regression analysis was also conducted, with each symptom as the dependent variable and each group as the independent variable. The results describe the sociodemographic characteristics of these population groups, revealing that women in the health sector are the most affected by long COVID and that being in this group is associated with its development. Furthermore, individuals with long COVID exhibited the highest number of symptoms and pathologies. Certain symptoms were found to be associated with long COVID development in this population, including an altered sense of smell, pneumonia, fever, and sore throat, among others. Similarly, altered senses of smell and taste, chest tightness, and joint pain, among others, were found to be associated with acute COVID-19 infection. Additionally, patients with pre-existing overweight or obesity were more likely to experience acute COVID-19 and develop long COVID. The data obtained can be crucial for improving the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of long COVID patients, ultimately leading to an enhancement in their quality of life.
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spelling pubmed-102986712023-06-28 Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza Vélez-Santamaría, Rodrigo Pérula-de-Torres, Luis Ángel González-Lama, Jesús Castro-Jiménez, Rafael Ángel Simón-Vicente, Lucía Jiménez-García, Celia González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian Fernández-Solana, Jessica González-Santos, Josefa Healthcare (Basel) Article Health professionals have been one of the groups most affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, there is little scientific evidence on the similarities and differences between COVID-19 infection and the development of long COVID in primary care (PC) workers. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse their clinical and epidemiological profiles in depth. This study was observational and descriptive, including PC professionals who were divided into three comparison groups based on the diagnostic test for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The responses were analysed using descriptive and bivariate analysis to examinate the relationship between independent variables and the presence or not of long COVID. Binary logistic regression analysis was also conducted, with each symptom as the dependent variable and each group as the independent variable. The results describe the sociodemographic characteristics of these population groups, revealing that women in the health sector are the most affected by long COVID and that being in this group is associated with its development. Furthermore, individuals with long COVID exhibited the highest number of symptoms and pathologies. Certain symptoms were found to be associated with long COVID development in this population, including an altered sense of smell, pneumonia, fever, and sore throat, among others. Similarly, altered senses of smell and taste, chest tightness, and joint pain, among others, were found to be associated with acute COVID-19 infection. Additionally, patients with pre-existing overweight or obesity were more likely to experience acute COVID-19 and develop long COVID. The data obtained can be crucial for improving the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of long COVID patients, ultimately leading to an enhancement in their quality of life. MDPI 2023-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10298671/ /pubmed/37372794 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121677 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza
Vélez-Santamaría, Rodrigo
Pérula-de-Torres, Luis Ángel
González-Lama, Jesús
Castro-Jiménez, Rafael Ángel
Simón-Vicente, Lucía
Jiménez-García, Celia
González-Bernal, Jerónimo J.
Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian
Fernández-Solana, Jessica
González-Santos, Josefa
Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study
title Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study
title_full Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study
title_fullStr Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study
title_short Clinical and Epidemiological Profiles of Primary Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Infection and Long COVID: An Observational Study
title_sort clinical and epidemiological profiles of primary healthcare professionals with covid-19 infection and long covid: an observational study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372794
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121677
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