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An analysis of 54 studies involving 1.2 million people from 22 countries who had Covid has revealed that 6.2 of them experienced at least one of three long-term symptoms of Covid: persistent fatigue with body pain or mood changes, problems ongoing cognitive or respiratory problems. – three months after the onset of the acute infection.
Among people with long-lasting Covid symptoms three months after symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, an estimated 15.1% continued to experience symptoms at 12 months.
According to the study published in the JAMA Network, the risk of suffering from a long Covid was greater in women and in those who needed hospitalization for the initial infection by SARS-CoV-2, especially among those who needed care of the intensive care unit.
The estimated proportion of at least one of the three self-reported long-term Covid symptom clusters included 3.7% for ongoing respiratory problems, 3.2% for persistent fatigue with body pain or mood changes, and 2, 2% for cognitive problems after adjusting for health. been before the Covid.
Of the 54 studies, 44 were published and 10 were collaborative cohorts (conducted in Austria, the Faroe Islands, Germany, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA). Data collection spanned from March 2020 to January 2022.
“Among people with long-lasting Covid symptoms three months after symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, an estimated 15.1% continued to experience symptoms at 12 months,” the results showed.
Corresponding author Theo Vos of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington said that because the longest follow-up among the included studies was 12 months, the true long-term pattern term of persistence of symptoms during a long Covid will only be revealed as studies do longer follow-up.
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