Initial characteristics and course of disease in patients with suspected COVID-19 managed in general practice: a prospective, multicentre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe and compare the initial clinical characteristics of a cohort of patients with suspected COVID-19 managed by general practitioners (GPs); to assess whether 3-month persistent symptoms were more frequent among confirmed cases than among no-COVID cases; and to identify factors predictive of persistent symptoms and adverse outcomes among confirmed cases.

Design and setting

A comparative, prospective, multicentre cohort study in primary care in the Paris region of France.

Participants

521 patients aged ≥18 with suspected COVID-19 were enrolled between March and May 2020.

Outcome measures

Initial symptoms, COVID-19 status, persistent symptoms 3 months after inclusion and a composite criterion for potentially COVID-19-related events (hospitalisa

SUBMITTER: Phan TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230337 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature