Long COVID is defined as the continuation of symptoms, unexplainable by alternative diagnosis, longer than four weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection. These sym
While SARS-CoV-2 is usually thought of as an acute disease, we now know that some people with COVID experience a variety of post-acute health problems long after their disease onset. This experience of long-term persistent symptoms has been termed “long COVID”1,2. Acute COVID typically...
Report: what does COVID-19 recovery actually look like? Accessed April 30, 2022. https://patientresearchcovid19.com/research/report-1/ 2. National Institute for Health and Care Exellence. COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19. Published December 18, 2020....
Support groups and patient care clinics have been created to help patients who suffer from lasting effects of the virus and large research studies, such as the SARS-CoV-2 Recovery Cohort though NIH, aim to provide more insight into why some patients develop Long COVID and how best to manage...
The gaps in equitable care for communities of colour transcend the diagnosis, treatment and vaccinations related to COVID-19. We are experiencing a continued gap across racial and socioeconomic lines for those who suffer prolonged effects of COVID-19, also known as 'Long COVID-19'. What we ...
Across the majority of countries with ageing populations, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on older adults in long term care facilities (LTFCs) [1]. In England alone, during the first two months of the pandemic there were 12,526 deaths among LTCF residents either confirmed or...
65 million people worldwide are estimated to suffer from long-term symptoms after their SARS-CoV-2 infection (Long COVID). However, there is still little information about the early recovery among those who initially developed Long COVID, i.e. had symptoms 4–12 weeks after infection but no...
Predictors of long-term COVID included older age, Western ethnicity, BMI, chronic disease, COVID-19 reinfections, severity, and symptoms, lower self-esteem, and higher positive affect (AUC = 0.79, 95%CI 0.73-0.86). Four clusters were identified: a low and a high symptom severity cluster,...
Throughout 2021, the medical and scientific communities have focused on managing the acute morbidity and mortality caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With the approval of multiple vaccines, there is a light at the end of this dar
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