Analysis and clinical determinants of post-COVID-19 syndrome in the Lombardy region: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To define macro symptoms of long COVID and to identify predictive factors, with the aim of preventing the development of the long COVID syndrome.

Design

A single-centre longitudinal prospective cohort study conducted from May 2020 to October 2022.

Setting

The study was conducted at Luigi Sacco University Hospital in Milan (Italy). In May 2020, we activated the ARCOVID (Ambulatorio Rivalutazione COVID) outpatient service for the follow-up of long COVID.

Participants

Hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients previously affected by COVID-19 were either referred by specialists or general practitioners or self-referred.

Intervention

During the first visit, a set of questions investigated the presence and the duration of 11 symptoms (palpitations, a

SUBMITTER: Borgonovo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860093 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature