Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 “long Covid” patients and draft quality principles for services

Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 “long Covid” patients and draft quality principles for services

Abstract Background Approximately 10% of patients with Covid-19 experience symptoms beyond 3–4 weeks. Patients call this “long Covid”. We sought to document such patients’ lived experience, including accessing and receiving healthcare and ideas for improving services. Methods We held 55 individual i...

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Main Authors: Emma Ladds, Alex Rushforth, Sietse Wieringa, Sharon Taylor, Clare Rayner, Laiba Husain, Trisha Greenhalgh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Post-acute Covid-19
Chronic Covid-19
Long Covid
Qualitative study
Quality standards
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-06001-y

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