What are the long-term holistic health consequences of COVID-19 among survivors? An umbrella systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Many people who have survived COVID-19 have experienced negative persistent impacts on health. Impacts on health have included persistent respiratory symptoms, decreased quality of life, fatigue, impaired functional capacity, memory deficits, psychological impacts, and difficulties in returning to paid employment. Evidence is yet to be pooled to inform future directions in research and practice, to determine the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual impacts of the illness which extend beyond the acute phase of COVID-19 survivors. This umbrella review (review of systematic reviews) critically synthesized physical (including abnormal laboratory parameters), psychological, social, and spiritual impacts which extended beyond the acute phase of COVID-19 survivors. The search strategy w

SUBMITTER: Paterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature