Association of long COVID with housing insecurity in the United States, 2022-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the association of Long COVID with housing insecurity in the United States.

Methods

To compare the prevalence of 3 binary indicators of housing insecurity between people with Long COVID (symptoms >3 months) and COVID-19 survivors who did not report long-term symptoms, we used survey-weighted regression models on 206,969 responses from the Household Pulse Survey, a representative cross-sectional survey of US households collected September 2022-April 2023. Among people with Long COVID, we additionally assessed whether functional impairment, current COVID-19 related symptoms, and symptom impact on day-to-day life were associated with a higher prevalence of housing insecurity.

Results

During the study period, 56,353 respondents with prior COVID-19 exp

SUBMITTER: Packard SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787291 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature