The chronification of post-COVID condition associated with neurocognitive symptoms, functional impairment and increased healthcare utilization.

ABSTRACT: Post-COVID condition is prevalent in 10-35% of cases in outpatient settings, however a stratification of the duration and severity of symptoms is still lacking, adding to the complexity and heterogeneity of the definition of post-COVID condition and its oucomes. In addition, the potential impacts of a longer duration of disease are not yet clear, along with which risk factors are associated with a chronification of symptoms beyond the initial 12 weeks. In this study, follow-up was conducted at 7 and 15 months after testing at the outpatient SARS-CoV-2 testing center of the Geneva University Hospitals. The chronification of symptoms was defined as the continuous presence of symptoms at each evaluation timepoint (7 and 15 months). Adjusted estimates of healthcare utilization, treatment, func

SUBMITTER: Nehme M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9403954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature