Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India
Literature is lacking on the spectrum of symptoms of long COVID-19 (defined as symptoms persisting beyond 28 days of diagnosis) and its impact on quality of life. This single-center, cross-sectional study included mild COVID-19 cases as determined by a positive real-time reverse transcription polyme...
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| author | Radhika Sarda MBBS Arvind Kumar MD Ankit Chandra MD Megha Bir MD Sanchit Kumar MD Manish Soneja MD Sanjeev Sinha MD Naveet Wig MD |
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| description | Literature is lacking on the spectrum of symptoms of long COVID-19 (defined as symptoms persisting beyond 28 days of diagnosis) and its impact on quality of life. This single-center, cross-sectional study included mild COVID-19 cases as determined by a positive real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test. Patients were contacted at least 28 days after diagnosis and were interviewed telephonically using semi-structured questionnaires for duration of symptoms, fatigue using Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and quality of life using the World Health Organization Quality of Life: Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF). A total of 251 COVID-19 patients were included; of which 169 (67.3%) were males. The mean age of the patients was 35.8 years (SD = 12.5). The prevalence of long COVID-19 was 28.2% (n = 71, 95% CI: 23.0–34.2). The most common symptoms involved the musculoskeletal system (12.7%), upper respiratory tract (7.6%), and fatigue among 17 (6.8%) patients. Patients with long COVID-19 had significantly higher FSS score and lower WHOQOL-BREF score compared to the patients without long COVID-19 (<28 days). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e87b5408dc6a40b1bd993dd8bb9a47292022-12-22T02:49:19ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Patient Experience2374-37432022-08-01910.1177/23743735221117358Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North IndiaRadhika Sarda MBBS0Arvind Kumar MD1Ankit Chandra MD2Megha Bir MD3Sanchit Kumar MD4Manish Soneja MD5Sanjeev Sinha MD6Naveet Wig MD7 Department of Medicine, , New Delhi, India Department of Medicine, , New Delhi, India Department of Community Medicine, , New Delhi, India Department of Physiology, , New Delhi, India Department of Medicine, , New Delhi, India Department of Medicine, , New Delhi, India Department of Medicine, , New Delhi, India Department of Medicine, , New Delhi, IndiaLiterature is lacking on the spectrum of symptoms of long COVID-19 (defined as symptoms persisting beyond 28 days of diagnosis) and its impact on quality of life. This single-center, cross-sectional study included mild COVID-19 cases as determined by a positive real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test. Patients were contacted at least 28 days after diagnosis and were interviewed telephonically using semi-structured questionnaires for duration of symptoms, fatigue using Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and quality of life using the World Health Organization Quality of Life: Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF). A total of 251 COVID-19 patients were included; of which 169 (67.3%) were males. The mean age of the patients was 35.8 years (SD = 12.5). The prevalence of long COVID-19 was 28.2% (n = 71, 95% CI: 23.0–34.2). The most common symptoms involved the musculoskeletal system (12.7%), upper respiratory tract (7.6%), and fatigue among 17 (6.8%) patients. Patients with long COVID-19 had significantly higher FSS score and lower WHOQOL-BREF score compared to the patients without long COVID-19 (<28 days).https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735221117358 |
| spellingShingle | Radhika Sarda MBBS Arvind Kumar MD Ankit Chandra MD Megha Bir MD Sanchit Kumar MD Manish Soneja MD Sanjeev Sinha MD Naveet Wig MD Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India Journal of Patient Experience |
| title | Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India |
| title_full | Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India |
| title_short | Prevalence of Long COVID-19 and its Impact on Quality of Life Among Outpatients With Mild COVID-19 Disease at Tertiary Care Center in North India |
| title_sort | prevalence of long covid 19 and its impact on quality of life among outpatients with mild covid 19 disease at tertiary care center in north india |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735221117358 |
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