Prevalence of long COVID complaints in persons with and without COVID-19.
Sci Rep
; 13(1): 6074, 2023 04 13.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2299363
ABSTRACT
We studied the prevalence and patterns of typical long COVID complaints in ~ 2.3 million individuals aged 18-70 years with and without confirmed COVID-19 in a Nation-wide population-based prospective cohort study in Norway. Our main outcome measures were the period prevalence of single-occurring or different combinations of complaints based on medical records (1) Pulmonary (dyspnea and/or cough), (2) Neurological (concentration problems, memory loss), and/or (3) General complaints (fatigue). In persons testing positive (n = 75 979), 64 (95% confidence interval 54 to 73) and 122 (111 to 113) more persons per 10 000 persons had pulmonary complaints 5-6 months after the test compared to 10 000 persons testing negative (n = 1 167 582) or untested (n = 1 084 578), respectively. The corresponding difference in prevalence of general complaints (fatigue) was 181 (168 to 195) and 224 (211 to 238) per 10 000, and of neurological complaints 5 (2 to 8) and 9 (6-13) per 10 000. Overlap between complaints was rare. Long COVID complaints were only slightly more prevalent in persons with than without confirmed COVID-19. Still, long COVID may pose a substantial burden to healthcare systems in the future given the lasting high incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 in both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Rep
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41598-023-32636-y
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