Long-Term Post-COVID Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors in Previously Hospitalized Patients: A Multicenter Study

May 2021 in “ Journal of infection/The Journal of infection ”

César Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas, Domingo Palacios‐Ceña, Víctor Gómez‐Mayordomo, Jorge Rodríuez-Jiménez, María Palacios‐Ceña, María Velasco Arribas, Carlos Guijarro, Ana I de-la-Llave-Rincón, Stella Fuensalida‐Novo, Carlos M Elvira-Martínez, M.L. Cuadrado, José Antonio Arias Navalón, Lidiane Lima Florêncio, Ricardo Ortega‐Santiago, Luis J Molina-Trigueros, Tomás Sebastián Viana, Juan Torres‐Macho, Gabriela Canto-Diez, Susana Plaza-Canteli, Margarita Cigarán‐Méndez, Silvia Ambite‐Quesada, Valentín Hernández‐Barrera, José Luis Arias-Buría, Lars Arendt‐Nielsen

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TLDR Most hospitalized COVID-19 patients had long-term symptoms like fatigue and hair loss, with women and those sicker during hospitalization at higher risk.

In a multicenter observational study of 1,142 previously hospitalized COVID-19 patients from Madrid, Spain, it was found that 80% experienced long-term post-COVID symptoms seven months after discharge, with fatigue (60.8%), hair loss (26.3%), and dyspnea (23.5%) being the most common. The study identified that women, patients with longer hospital stays, those with more comorbidities, and those with a higher number of symptoms at hospital admission were at increased risk for a greater number of long-term post-COVID symptoms. This suggests the need for a multidisciplinary treatment approach to address the persistent and varied post-COVID symptoms.

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