Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in patients after 12 months from COVID-19 infection in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to progress, awareness about its long-term impacts has been growing. To date, studies on the long-term course of symptoms, factors associated with persistent symptoms, and quality of life after 12 months since recovery from acute COVID-19 have been limited.

Methods

A prospective online survey (First: September 8, 2020-September 10, 2020; Second: May 26, 2021-June 1, 2021) was conducted on recovered patients who were previously diagnosed with COVID-19 between February 13, 2020 and March 13, 2020 at Kyungpook National University Hospital. Responders aged between 17 and 70 years were included in the study. Overall, 900 and 241 responders were followed up at 6 and 12 months after recovery from COVID-19 in t

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793328 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature