Early prediction of long COVID-19 syndrome persistence at 12 months after hospitalisation: a prospective observational study from Ukraine.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the early predictors of a self-reported persistence of long COVID syndrome (LCS) at 12 months after hospitalisation and to propose the prognostic model of its development.

Design

A combined cross-sectional and prospective observational study.

Setting

A tertiary care hospital.

Participants

221 patients hospitalised for COVID-19 who have undergone comprehensive clinical, sonographic and survey-based evaluation predischarge and at 1 month with subsequent 12-month follow-up. The final cohort included 166 patients who had completed the final visit at 12 months.

Main outcome measure

A self-reported persistence of LCS at 12 months after discharge.

Results

Self-reported LCS was detected in 76% of participants at 3 months and in 43% a

SUBMITTER: Honchar O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748775 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature