1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The full range of long-term health consequences of COVID-19 in patients who are discharged from hospital is largely unclear. The aim of our study was to comprehensively compare consequences between 6 months and 12 months after symptom onset among hospital survivors with COVID-19.

Methods

We undertook an ambidirectional cohort study of COVID-19 survivors who had been discharged from Jin Yin-tan Hospital (Wuhan, China) between Jan 7 and May 29, 2020. At 6-month and 12-month follow-up visit, survivors were interviewed with questionnaires on symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and received a physical examination, a 6-min walking test, and laboratory tests. They were required to report their health-care use after discharge and work status at the 12-mon

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389999 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature