Association of Post-COVID-19 Condition Symptoms and Employment Status.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about the functional correlates of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), also known as long COVID, particularly the relevance of neurocognitive symptoms.

Objective

To characterize prevalence of unemployment among individuals who did, or did not, develop PCC after acute infection.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study used data from 8 waves of a 50-state US nonprobability internet population-based survey of respondents aged 18 to 69 years conducted between February 2021 and July 2022.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcomes were self-reported current employment status and the presence of PCC, defined as report of continued symptoms at least 2 months beyond initial month of symptoms confirmed by a positive COVID-19 test.<

SUBMITTER: Perlis RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932847 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature