Lived experience of patients with Long COVID: a qualitative study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long COVID is a rapidly evolving global health crisis requiring interdisciplinary support strategies that incorporate the lived experience of patients. Currently, there is a paucity of research documenting the day-to-day experiences of patients living with Long COVID.

Objective

To explore the lived experience of Long COVID patients.

Study design

Longitudinal, observation study.

Setting

An inductive, data-driven, qualitative approach was used to evaluate hand-written diaries obtained from individuals who had been referred to a Derbyshire Long COVID clinic.

Participants

12 participants (11 females, age 49±10 years, 11 Caucasians) were recruited. Participants were included if they had a previous confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection with ongo

SUBMITTER: Thomas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151237 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature