Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients often report various symptoms after recovery from acute COVID-19. Previous studies on post-COVID-19 condition have not corrected for the prevalence and severity of these common symptoms before COVID-19 and in populations without SARS-CoV-2 infection. We aimed to analyse the nature, prevalence, and severity of long-term symptoms related to COVID-19, while correcting for symptoms present before SARS-CoV-2 infection and controlling for the symptom dynamics in the population without infection.

Methods

This study is based on data collected within Lifelines, a multidisciplinary, prospective, population-based, observational cohort study examining the health and health-related behaviours of people living in the north of the Netherlands. All Lifelines participants

SUBMITTER: Ballering AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9352274 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature