Forming a consensus opinion to inform long COVID support mechanisms and interventions: a modified Delphi approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current approaches to support patients living with post-COVID condition, also known as Long COVID, are highly disparate with limited success in managing or resolving a well-documented and long-standing symptom burden. With approximately 2.1 million people living with the condition in the UK alone and millions more worldwide, there is a desperate need to devise support strategies and interventions for patients.

Methods

A three-round Delphi consensus methodology was distributed internationally using an online survey and was completed by healthcare professionals (including clinicians, physiotherapists, and general practitioners), people with long COVID, and long COVID academic researchers (round 1 n = 273, round 2 n = 186, round 3 n = 138). Across the three rounds, r

SUBMITTER: Owen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432807 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature