ArticleBJPsych open2022
Factors shaping the mental health and well-being of people experiencing persistent COVID-19 symptoms or 'long COVID': qualitative study.
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- Living with "long COVID": A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Personalisation at the Core of Success: Process Evaluation of the LISTEN Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating a Personalised Self-Management Support Intervention for People Living With Long Covid.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Trial
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- Distribution of acute symptoms and long COVID-19 and their association with anxiety and depression 2 years after infection.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAround one in ten people who contract COVID-19 report persistent symptoms or 'long COVID'. Impaired mental health and well-being is commonly reported, including anxiety, depression and reduced quality of life. However, there is limited in-depth research exploring why mental health and well-being are affected in people experiencing long COVID.
aimsTo explore factors affecting mental health and well-being from the perspective of people with long COVID.
methodSemi-structured qualitative interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Twenty-one people with long COVID participated in the study. Participants were eligible if they self-reported a positive swab test/antibody test or one or more commonly reported COVID-19 symptoms at illness onset. and experiences of one or more long COVID symptoms ≥3 weeks following illness onset.
resultsFive themes were identified across participant accounts regarding factors affecting mental health and well-being, including symptoms causing severe disruption to daily life, lack of service and treatment options, uncertainty of illness trajectories, experiences of care and understanding from others and changes to identity.
conclusionsPeople with long COVID experience a range of factors that negatively affect their mental health and well-being. Providing patient-centred health services that integrate rapidly evolving research in this area is important, as are peer support groups and supported approaches to self-management.
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