Persistent obstacles for return to work after COVID-19 infection - an explorative follow-up study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Design aim and method

To explore in patients with postcovid-19 condition the influence of various factors on return to work in the year following diagnosis. The study had an explorative quantitative and qualitative design based on interviews with 41 hospitalized (HC) and 63 primary care (PC) COVID-19 patients. RTW was described at 3 and 12 months, and differences between groups, changes over time and possible factors explaining RTW were analysed statistically. Qualitative analyses with content analysis of interviews were performed to describe obstacles to work.

Result

The obstacles for RTW were persistent symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive dysfunction and breathlessness with the consequences for work as lack of energy, decreased physical capability, decreased mental stamina

SUBMITTER: Ohlen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12490236 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature