Long COVID Symptomatology and Associated Factors in Primary Care Patients: The EPICOVID-AP21 Study.
Esperanza Romero-RodríguezLuis Ángel Perula-de-TorresJesus Gonzalez-LamaRafael Ángel Castro-JiménezCelia Jiménez-GarcíaCarmen Priego-PérezRodrigo Vélez-SantamaríaLucía Simón-VicenteJosefa González-SantosJerónimo Javier González-BernalPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Persistent COVID-19 condition includes a wide variety of symptoms and health problems of indeterminate duration. The present study examined the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the population with Long COVID seen in Primary Care using a questionnaire based on the existing scientific literature. It was an observational and descriptive study of the characteristics of the Spanish population with Long COVID over 14 years of age. The responses were analysed by means of a descriptive analysis of the variables recorded, in addition to a bivariate analysis to determine the existence of a relationship between persistent COVID-19 and variables such as gender, age, vaccination status or concomitant pathology. The results obtained clearly describe the sociodemographic characteristics of the population, highlighting the predominance of female gender and the prevalence of tiredness and fatigue. Furthermore, relevant information was obtained on the differences in symptomatology according to gender, age, previous pathologies and alterations derived from infection and/or vaccination. These data are important for better detection, diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID and the improvement of the quality of life of this population.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- primary care
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cross sectional
- systematic review
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- transcription factor
- ejection fraction
- risk assessment
- physical activity
- machine learning
- sleep quality
- electronic health record
- depressive symptoms
- label free
- ultrasound guided