ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2021
Addressing the Long COVID Crisis: Integrative Health and Long COVID.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychosocial Aspects of the Lived Experience of Long COVID: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
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- Experiences with Qi and changes in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) symptoms with qigong: a qualitative analysis of participants' experiences in a pilot clinical trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Digital Interventions Addressing Cognitive and Psychological Symptoms in Long COVID: Scoping Review of Multicomponent Approaches.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Review
- Weathering the Double Storm-Resilience in Chinese Older Cancer Patients With Long COVID: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Intersectionality and Long Covid: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Ethnic Minority Groups in the United Kingdom.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Prevalence, Severity, Concomitant Factors, and Natural Trajectory of Insomnia in Patients with Long COVID.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Celluloepidemiology-A paradigm for quantifying infectious disease dynamics on a population level.Science advances · 2025Article
- Revisiting lung cancer immunotherapy in the era of long COVID: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Caregiving in the COVID-19 pandemic: Family adaptations following an intensive care unit hospitalisation.Journal of clinical nursing · 2024Article
- Accessing Care Services for Long COVID Sufferers in Alberta, Canada: A Random, Cross-Sectional Survey Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- A descriptive exploration of younger and older adults' experiences of Integrative Medical Group Visits for Long COVID.Aging and health research · 2023Article
- Post-COVID condition or "long COVID", return-to work, and occupational health research.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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- Editorial: Obesity, metabolic phenotypes and COVID-19.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2022Article
- Whole Person Health: The Role of Advocacy.Global advances in health and medicine · 2022Article
- Social isolation, loneliness and mental health sequelae of the Covid-19 pandemic in Parkinson's disease.International review of neurobiology · 2022Article
- Management of Long COVID-The CoviMouv' Pilot Study: Importance of Adapted Physical Activity for Prolonged Symptoms Following SARS-CoV2 Infection.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Remodeling of T Cell Dynamics During Long COVID Is Dependent on Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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Abstract
While COVID-19 has killed millions of people globally, its lasting effects on the health and well-being of entire populations are just becoming clear. As many as 30% of those diagnosed with COVID-19 report continuing health-related problems, regardless of the severity of the initial infection. Given the infection rate in the world, that translates to between 5.4 and 17.9 million globally; about 700 000 in the US. The syndrome goes by many names; here we call it "long COVID." Patients experience a wide range of symptoms, including serious organ system effects such as pulmonary fibrosis, myocarditis, new diabetes diagnoses, stroke, and other cerebrovascular events. They also experience ongoing pain, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction. We suggest here that these patients require an integrative health approach, one that combines traditional medical management, non-pharmacological approaches, and behavior and lifestyle changes. Such an approach has been shown to be beneficial in other chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-Lyme disease.
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