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Preprint
Background: Post COVID-19 syndrome or Long Covid (LC) is a novel fluctuating condition with a protracted course in some patients. Specialist LC services have been operational in the UK since 2020 and deal with a high caseload of patients. Aims: To evaluate...
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/4/473
open access
Introduction: Long COVID (LC) is a global public health crisis affecting more than 70 million people. There is emerging evidence of different pathophysiological mechanisms driving the wide array of symptoms in LC. Understanding the...
Abstract
Background: New-onset chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain (> 3 months duration) is one of the commonest persistent symptoms of Post-COVID syndrome (PCS). There is emerging evidence that the chronic MSK pain and associated symptoms in PCS have similarities to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)...
Abstract
Objectives
To identify the needs of people with long COVID (LC) in the UK.
Design
Qualitative study using the Framework Analysis to analyse focus group discussions.
Participants
25 adults with LC aged 19–76 years including 17 men and 8 women. Average disease duration was 80.1...
Abstract
Background
Around 2 million people in the UK suffer from Long COVID (LC). Of concern is the disease impact on productivity and informal care burden. This study aimed to quantify and value productivity losses and informal care receipt in a sample of LC patients in the UK.
Methods
The...
Long Covid Clinical Severity Types Based on Symptoms and Functional Disability: A Longitudinal Evaluation
Abstract
Background: Long Covid (LC) is a multisystem clinical syndrome with Functional Disability (FD) and compromised Overall Health (OH). There is a lack of distinct clinical symptom...
Abstract
Long COVID (LC) is a multisymptom clinical syndrome with similarities to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). All these conditions are believed to be associated with centrally driven mechanisms such as central sensitisation. There...
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