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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Long COVID Symptomatology and Associated Factors in Primary Care Patients: The EPICOVID-AP21 Study.

Esperanza Romero-Rodríguez, Luis Ángel Perula-de-Torres, Jesús González-Lama, Rafael Ángel Castro-Jiménez, Celia Jiménez-García, Carmen Priego-Pérez, Rodrigo Vélez-Santamaría, Lucía Simón-Vicente, Josefa González-Santos, Jerónimo J González-Bernal

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Living With Long COVID: Everyday Experiences, Health Information Barriers and Patients' Quality of Life.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Esperanza Romero-RodríguezMaimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba University, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5054-3845
Luis Ángel Perula-de-TorresMaimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba University, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Jesús González-LamaMaimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba University, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6033-9677
Rafael Ángel Castro-JiménezMaimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba University, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Celia Jiménez-GarcíaMaimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba University, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Carmen Priego-PérezFaculty of Medicine, University of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Rodrigo Vélez-SantamaríaDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5146-1398
Lucía Simón-VicenteDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
Josefa González-SantosDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
Jerónimo J González-BernalDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7298-9060
Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba · ESUniversidad de Burgos · ESUniversity of Córdoba · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent COVID-19 condition includes a wide variety of symptoms and health problems of indeterminate duration. The present study examined the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the population with Long COVID seen in Primary Care using a questionnaire based on the existing scientific literature. It was an observational and descriptive study of the characteristics of the Spanish population with Long COVID over 14 years of age. The responses were analysed by means of a descriptive analysis of the variables recorded, in addition to a bivariate analysis to determine the existence of a relationship between persistent COVID-19 and variables such as gender, age, vaccination status or concomitant pathology. The results obtained clearly describe the sociodemographic characteristics of the population, highlighting the predominance of female gender and the prevalence of tiredness and fatigue. Furthermore, relevant information was obtained on the differences in symptomatology according to gender, age, previous pathologies and alterations derived from infection and/or vaccination. These data are important for better detection, diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID and the improvement of the quality of life of this population.

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PMID36673587
PMCPMC9858944
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