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Long COVID and its associated factors among COVID survivors in the community from a middle-income country—An online cross-sectional study

Patients with COVID-19 usually recover and return to normal health, however some patients may have symptoms that last for weeks or even months after recovery. This persistent state of ill health is known as Long COVID if it continues for more than three months and are not explained by an alternative...

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Autores principales: Moy, Foong Ming, Hairi, Noran Naqiah, Lim, Eugene Ri Jian, Bulgiba, Awang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36040960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273364
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author Moy, Foong Ming
Hairi, Noran Naqiah
Lim, Eugene Ri Jian
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description Patients with COVID-19 usually recover and return to normal health, however some patients may have symptoms that last for weeks or even months after recovery. This persistent state of ill health is known as Long COVID if it continues for more than three months and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis. Long Covid has been overlooked, especially in the low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, we conducted an online survey among the COVID-19 survivors in the community to explore their Long COVID symptoms, factors associated with Long COVID and how Long COVID affected their work. A total of 732 COVID-19 survivors responded, with 56% were without or with mild symptoms during their acute COVID-19 conditions. One in five COVID-19 survivors reported of experiencing Long COVID. The most commonly reported symptoms were fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety and insomnia. Females had 58% higher odds (95% CI: 1.02, 2.45) of experiencing Long COVID. Patients with moderate and severe levels of acute COVID-19 symptoms had OR of 3.01 (95% CI: 1.21, 7.47) and 3.62 (95% CI: 1.31, 10.03) respectively for Long COVID. Recognition of Long COVID and its associated factors is important in planning prevention, rehabilitation, clinical management to improve recovery from COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-94268852022-08-31 Long COVID and its associated factors among COVID survivors in the community from a middle-income country—An online cross-sectional study Moy, Foong Ming Hairi, Noran Naqiah Lim, Eugene Ri Jian Bulgiba, Awang PLoS One Research Article Patients with COVID-19 usually recover and return to normal health, however some patients may have symptoms that last for weeks or even months after recovery. This persistent state of ill health is known as Long COVID if it continues for more than three months and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis. Long Covid has been overlooked, especially in the low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, we conducted an online survey among the COVID-19 survivors in the community to explore their Long COVID symptoms, factors associated with Long COVID and how Long COVID affected their work. A total of 732 COVID-19 survivors responded, with 56% were without or with mild symptoms during their acute COVID-19 conditions. One in five COVID-19 survivors reported of experiencing Long COVID. The most commonly reported symptoms were fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety and insomnia. Females had 58% higher odds (95% CI: 1.02, 2.45) of experiencing Long COVID. Patients with moderate and severe levels of acute COVID-19 symptoms had OR of 3.01 (95% CI: 1.21, 7.47) and 3.62 (95% CI: 1.31, 10.03) respectively for Long COVID. Recognition of Long COVID and its associated factors is important in planning prevention, rehabilitation, clinical management to improve recovery from COVID-19. Public Library of Science 2022-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9426885/ /pubmed/36040960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273364 Text en © 2022 Moy et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Long COVID and its associated factors among COVID survivors in the community from a middle-income country—An online cross-sectional study
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title_full_unstemmed Long COVID and its associated factors among COVID survivors in the community from a middle-income country—An online cross-sectional study
title_short Long COVID and its associated factors among COVID survivors in the community from a middle-income country—An online cross-sectional study
title_sort long covid and its associated factors among covid survivors in the community from a middle-income country—an online cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36040960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273364
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