Persistent COVID-19 symptoms are highly prevalent 6 months after hospitalization: results from a large prospective cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Persistent COVID-19 symptoms have been reported up to 3 months after hospital discharge. Little is known on the frequency and the nature of persistent symptoms beyond 3 months. Here we have assessed, in the longitudinal prospective French COVID-19 cohort, symptoms that persisted 6 months after admission for COVID-19.

Methods

Hospitalized patients with virologically confirmed COVID-19 were enrolled. Follow-up was planned with a physician's visit at month (M)3 and M6 after admission. Associations between persistence of symptoms at M6 and clinical characteristics at admission were assessed through bivariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Results

M6 data were available for 1137 participants. Median age was 61 years (IQR 51-71) and 288 (29%, 95% CI 26-32%

SUBMITTER: Ghosn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8107834 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature