Health outcomes of COVID-19 patients from Wuhan, China 3-year after hospital discharge: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate changes in health outcomes between years 2 and 3 after discharge following COVID-19 and to identify risk factors for poor health 3-year post-discharge.

Design

This is a multicentre observational cohort study.

Setting

This study was conducted in two centres from Wuhan, China.

Participants

Eligibility screening has been performed in 3988 discharged laboratory-confirmed adult COVID-19 patients. Exclusion criteria were refusal to participate, inability to contact and death before follow-up. The WHO COVID-19 guidelines on defining disease severity were adopted.

Results

1594 patients participated in the 1-year, 2-year and 3-year follow-ups, including 796 (49.9%) male patients, and 422 (26.5%) patients were classified in the severe diseas

SUBMITTER: Dai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331845 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature