Well-being among people with long and short COVID: a serial cross-sectional study in Victoria, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is critical to disseminate all evidence on long COVID's impact on people's lives to inform policy and practice. We aimed to assess five measures of well-being, before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection between people with long COVID (defined as symptoms lasting more than 1 month) and people with short COVID (defined as symptoms resolving within 1 month).

Methods

Participants from the Optimise Study, a longitudinal cohort study in Victoria, Australia (September 2020-August 2022), had self-reported history of SARS-CoV-2 infection and self-reported long COVID status. Serial cross-sectional analysis compared participants with long and short COVID on Personal Well-being Index, number of COVID-19-like symptoms experienced, number of days exercised and frequency of experi

SUBMITTER: Altermatt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12421172 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature