Physical and cognitive impairments in people suffering from long COVID: protocol for a longitudinal population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Approximately 33% of people who contracted COVID-19 still experience symptoms 12 weeks after infection onset. This persistence of symptoms is now considered a syndrome itself called 'long COVID'. Evidence regarding long COVID and its cognitive and physical impacts is growing, but the literature is currently lacking objectively measured data to guide towards adapted healthcare trajectories. The objectives are to describe the physical and cognitive impairments experienced by individuals living with long COVID using self-reported and clinical objective measures, and to compare the evolution over time of the physical and cognitive state between adults living with long COVID (at least one physical or cognitive COVID-19 symptom for more than 12 weeks following infection; lon

SUBMITTER: Zahouani I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature