Socioeconomic inequalities of Long COVID: a retrospective population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the risk of Long COVID by socioeconomic deprivation and to further examine the inequality by sex and occupation.

Design

We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study using data from the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey between 26 April 2020 and 31 January 2022. This is the largest nationally representative survey of COVID-19 in the UK with longitudinal data on occupation, COVID-19 exposure and Long COVID.

Setting

Community-based survey in the UK.

Participants

A total of 201,799 participants aged 16 to 64 years and with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

Main outcome measures

The risk of Long COVID at least 4 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection by index of multiple deprivation (IMD) and th

SUBMITTER: Shabnam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469969 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature