Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up
Background: assessment of type, prevalence and duration of residual symptoms after COVID-19 in recent studies is controversial because of differences in design. Aim: to assess the prevalence and severity of symptoms in the long-term period after COVID-19. Materials and methods: patients hospitalized...
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| description | Background: assessment of type, prevalence and duration of residual symptoms after COVID-19 in recent studies is controversial because of differences in design. Aim: to assess the prevalence and severity of symptoms in the long-term period after COVID-19. Materials and methods: patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the period 13.04.2020-10.06.2020 were interviewed by phone: 195 (58,2 %) convalescents at 143 (131-154) days after disease onset and 183 (54,6 % ) of them at 340 (325-351) days. Results: The subjective assessment of health status with 100-point scale before and after the COVID-19 was 95 (80-100) and 80 (70-96) points, p< 0,001, at first interview; 90 (80-100) and 80 (60-90) points, p< 0,001, at second one. Various complaints were detected in 63 % of respondents at the first interview and in 75 % at the second, the number of identified symptoms was 2 (0-6) and 4 (1-8) respectively. The most frequent complaints were weakness/fatigue (31.3 and 47.5 % of respondents), joint pain (31.3 and 47.5 %) and dyspnoe/shortness of breath (31.3 and 43.2 %). The growth of these indicators can be associated with a change in the interview methodology. The severity of the symptoms at second interview was low: fatigue — 3 (0-6) points, shortness of breath — 0 (0-3) points; joint pain, weakness and dyspnoe — 0 (0-5) points each. Conclusion: a decrease of health status can sustain for a long time after COVID-19. Symptoms persist in a significant proportion of convalescents, but their severity in the end of follow-up is quite low. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09651b8d959542689ef599a7fe9a884a2023-03-13T07:12:11ZrusSINAPS LLCАрхивъ внутренней медицины2226-67042411-65642022-08-0112430230910.20514/2226-6704-2022-12-4-302-309905Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-UpA. V. Melekhov0A. I. Agaeva1I. G. Nikitin2Кафедра госпитальной терапии им. Г.И. Сторожакова лечебного факультета Российского национального исследовательского медицинского университета им. Н.И. Пирогова; Федеральное государственное автономное учреждение «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр «Лечебно-реабилитационный центр» Минздрава РоссииКафедра госпитальной терапии им. Г.И. Сторожакова лечебного факультета Российского национального исследовательского медицинского университета им. Н.И. ПироговаКафедра госпитальной терапии им. Г.И. Сторожакова лечебного факультета Российского национального исследовательского медицинского университета им. Н.И. Пирогова; Федеральное государственное автономное учреждение «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр «Лечебно-реабилитационный центр» Минздрава РоссииBackground: assessment of type, prevalence and duration of residual symptoms after COVID-19 in recent studies is controversial because of differences in design. Aim: to assess the prevalence and severity of symptoms in the long-term period after COVID-19. Materials and methods: patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the period 13.04.2020-10.06.2020 were interviewed by phone: 195 (58,2 %) convalescents at 143 (131-154) days after disease onset and 183 (54,6 % ) of them at 340 (325-351) days. Results: The subjective assessment of health status with 100-point scale before and after the COVID-19 was 95 (80-100) and 80 (70-96) points, p< 0,001, at first interview; 90 (80-100) and 80 (60-90) points, p< 0,001, at second one. Various complaints were detected in 63 % of respondents at the first interview and in 75 % at the second, the number of identified symptoms was 2 (0-6) and 4 (1-8) respectively. The most frequent complaints were weakness/fatigue (31.3 and 47.5 % of respondents), joint pain (31.3 and 47.5 %) and dyspnoe/shortness of breath (31.3 and 43.2 %). The growth of these indicators can be associated with a change in the interview methodology. The severity of the symptoms at second interview was low: fatigue — 3 (0-6) points, shortness of breath — 0 (0-3) points; joint pain, weakness and dyspnoe — 0 (0-5) points each. Conclusion: a decrease of health status can sustain for a long time after COVID-19. Symptoms persist in a significant proportion of convalescents, but their severity in the end of follow-up is quite low.https://www.medarhive.ru/jour/article/view/1483covid-19последствия коронавирусной инфекциипостковидвыраженность симптомов |
| spellingShingle | A. V. Melekhov A. I. Agaeva I. G. Nikitin Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up Архивъ внутренней медицины covid-19 последствия коронавирусной инфекции постковид выраженность симптомов |
| title | Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up |
| title_full | Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up |
| title_fullStr | Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up |
| title_short | Symptoms in the Long Period after the Coronavirus Infection: Results of Long-Term Follow-Up |
| title_sort | symptoms in the long period after the coronavirus infection results of long term follow up |
| topic | covid-19 последствия коронавирусной инфекции постковид выраженность симптомов |
| url | https://www.medarhive.ru/jour/article/view/1483 |
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