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Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample

Long COVID-19 is a term used to describe the symptomatic sequelae that develop after suffering from COVID-19. Very few studies have investigated the impact of COVID-19 sequelae on employment status. The aim of this research was to characterise sequelae of COVID-19 in a population of workers who test...

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Autores principales: Buonsenso, Danilo, Gualano, Maria Rosaria, Rossi, Maria Francesca, Valz Gris, Angelica, Sisti, Leuconoe Grazia, Borrelli, Ivan, Santoro, Paolo Emilio, Tumminello, Antonio, Gentili, Carolina, Malorni, Walter, Valentini, Piero, Ricciardi, Walter, Moscato, Umberto
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711093
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author Buonsenso, Danilo
Gualano, Maria Rosaria
Rossi, Maria Francesca
Valz Gris, Angelica
Sisti, Leuconoe Grazia
Borrelli, Ivan
Santoro, Paolo Emilio
Tumminello, Antonio
Gentili, Carolina
Malorni, Walter
Valentini, Piero
Ricciardi, Walter
Moscato, Umberto
author_facet Buonsenso, Danilo
Gualano, Maria Rosaria
Rossi, Maria Francesca
Valz Gris, Angelica
Sisti, Leuconoe Grazia
Borrelli, Ivan
Santoro, Paolo Emilio
Tumminello, Antonio
Gentili, Carolina
Malorni, Walter
Valentini, Piero
Ricciardi, Walter
Moscato, Umberto
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description Long COVID-19 is a term used to describe the symptomatic sequelae that develop after suffering from COVID-19. Very few studies have investigated the impact of COVID-19 sequelae on employment status. The aim of this research was to characterise sequelae of COVID-19 in a population of workers who tested positive for COVID-19, with a follow-up within one year of the acute illness, and to analyse the possible association between this and changes in the workers’ occupational status. In this retrospective cohort study, a questionnaire was administered to 155 workers; descriptive, univariate (chi-square tests), and multivariate (logistic regression model) analyses were carried out. The mean age was 46.48 years (SD ± 7.302); 76 participants were males (49.7%), and 33 participants reported being current smokers (21.3%). Overall, 19.0% of patients reported not feeling fully recovered at follow-up, and 13.7% reported a change in their job status after COVID-19. A change in occupational status was associated with being a smoker (OR 4.106, CI [1.406–11.990], p = 0.010); hospital stay was associated with age > 46 years in a statistically significant way (p = 0.025) and with not feeling fully recovered at follow-up (p = 0.003). A persistent worsening in anxiety was more common in women (p = 0.028). This study identifies smoking as a risk factor for workers not able to resume their job; furthermore, occupational physicians should monitor mental health more closely after COVID-19, particularly in female workers.
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spelling pubmed-95185812022-09-29 Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample Buonsenso, Danilo Gualano, Maria Rosaria Rossi, Maria Francesca Valz Gris, Angelica Sisti, Leuconoe Grazia Borrelli, Ivan Santoro, Paolo Emilio Tumminello, Antonio Gentili, Carolina Malorni, Walter Valentini, Piero Ricciardi, Walter Moscato, Umberto Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Long COVID-19 is a term used to describe the symptomatic sequelae that develop after suffering from COVID-19. Very few studies have investigated the impact of COVID-19 sequelae on employment status. The aim of this research was to characterise sequelae of COVID-19 in a population of workers who tested positive for COVID-19, with a follow-up within one year of the acute illness, and to analyse the possible association between this and changes in the workers’ occupational status. In this retrospective cohort study, a questionnaire was administered to 155 workers; descriptive, univariate (chi-square tests), and multivariate (logistic regression model) analyses were carried out. The mean age was 46.48 years (SD ± 7.302); 76 participants were males (49.7%), and 33 participants reported being current smokers (21.3%). Overall, 19.0% of patients reported not feeling fully recovered at follow-up, and 13.7% reported a change in their job status after COVID-19. A change in occupational status was associated with being a smoker (OR 4.106, CI [1.406–11.990], p = 0.010); hospital stay was associated with age > 46 years in a statistically significant way (p = 0.025) and with not feeling fully recovered at follow-up (p = 0.003). A persistent worsening in anxiety was more common in women (p = 0.028). This study identifies smoking as a risk factor for workers not able to resume their job; furthermore, occupational physicians should monitor mental health more closely after COVID-19, particularly in female workers. MDPI 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9518581/ /pubmed/36078808 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711093 Text en © 2022 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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Buonsenso, Danilo
Gualano, Maria Rosaria
Rossi, Maria Francesca
Valz Gris, Angelica
Sisti, Leuconoe Grazia
Borrelli, Ivan
Santoro, Paolo Emilio
Tumminello, Antonio
Gentili, Carolina
Malorni, Walter
Valentini, Piero
Ricciardi, Walter
Moscato, Umberto
Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample
title Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample
title_full Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample
title_fullStr Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample
title_full_unstemmed Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample
title_short Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae in a Working Population at One Year Follow-Up: A Wide Range of Impacts from an Italian Sample
title_sort post-acute covid-19 sequelae in a working population at one year follow-up: a wide range of impacts from an italian sample
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711093
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