TY - JOUR
T1 - Post‐COVID-19 syndrome
T2 - assessment of short- and long-term post-recovery symptoms in recovered cases in Saudi Arabia
AU - Garout, Mohammed A.
AU - Saleh, Saleh A.K.
AU - Adly, Heba M.
AU - Abdulkhaliq, Altaf A.
AU - Khafagy, Abdullah A.
AU - Abdeltawab, Magda R.
AU - Rabaan, Ali A.
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
AU - Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
AU - Alandiyjany, Maher N.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University for supporting this work by Grant Code: (22 UQU 4240001DSR01).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Introduction: Recent studies investigated the endurance of symptoms and occurrence of complications three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study aims to examine the prevalence, variation, and severity of continual symptoms in the post‐COVID-19 using a single-center questionnaire. Methods: The questionnaire was distributed among population in Saudi Arabia who recovered from COVID‐19 between April 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Results: A total of 744 participants completed the questionnaire, 318 (42.8%) recovered less than 3 months, 75 (10.1%) recovered 3–6 months, while 351 (47.2%) recovered more than 6 months. About half of the participants 353 (47.5%) had incessant symptoms and of those patients, more than half had two or more symptoms. Common symptoms included fatigue 189 (25.4%), headache 118 (15.9%), and myalgia 63 (8.5%). Of the participants, 189 (21.4%) experienced continual symptoms including anxiety in 98 (13.2%) and depression in 70 (9.5%). Conclusion: The current study showed a high proportion of individuals with long-COVID-19 symptoms. Thus, proper assessment of the individuals in the post-recovery period can guide the patients to the relevant clinics for rehabilitation. Moreover, there is a great importance to decrease COVID-19 infection, populations should be targeted to boost vaccine efficiency.
AB - Introduction: Recent studies investigated the endurance of symptoms and occurrence of complications three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study aims to examine the prevalence, variation, and severity of continual symptoms in the post‐COVID-19 using a single-center questionnaire. Methods: The questionnaire was distributed among population in Saudi Arabia who recovered from COVID‐19 between April 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Results: A total of 744 participants completed the questionnaire, 318 (42.8%) recovered less than 3 months, 75 (10.1%) recovered 3–6 months, while 351 (47.2%) recovered more than 6 months. About half of the participants 353 (47.5%) had incessant symptoms and of those patients, more than half had two or more symptoms. Common symptoms included fatigue 189 (25.4%), headache 118 (15.9%), and myalgia 63 (8.5%). Of the participants, 189 (21.4%) experienced continual symptoms including anxiety in 98 (13.2%) and depression in 70 (9.5%). Conclusion: The current study showed a high proportion of individuals with long-COVID-19 symptoms. Thus, proper assessment of the individuals in the post-recovery period can guide the patients to the relevant clinics for rehabilitation. Moreover, there is a great importance to decrease COVID-19 infection, populations should be targeted to boost vaccine efficiency.
KW - Coronavirus
KW - COVID-19
KW - Infection
KW - Pandemic
KW - Post recovery
KW - Saudi Arabia
KW - Symptoms
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U2 - 10.1007/s15010-022-01788-w
DO - 10.1007/s15010-022-01788-w
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 35294728
AN - SCOPUS:85126331934
SN - 0300-8126
VL - 50
SP - 1431
EP - 1439
JO - Infection
JF - Infection
IS - 6
ER -
