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ArticleERJ open research2023

Exercise responses and mental health symptoms in COVID-19 survivors with dyspnoea.

Kathryn M Milne, Juthaporn Cowan, Michele R Schaeffer, Nha Voduc, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Kim L Lavoie, Julio A Chirinos, Joseph H Puyat, Sara J Abdallah, Jordan A Guenette

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Article in ERJ open research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathryn M MilneCentre for Heart Lung Innovation, The University of British Columbia and Providence Research, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Juthaporn CowanDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-5109
Michele R SchaefferCentre for Heart Lung Innovation, The University of British Columbia and Providence Research, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-9361
Nha VoducDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Vicente Corrales-MedinaClinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kim L LavoieMontréal Behavioural Medicine Centre, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Julio A ChirinosDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Joseph H PuyatCentre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Providence Research, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-5773
Sara J AbdallahClinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jordan A GuenetteCentre for Heart Lung Innovation, The University of British Columbia and Providence Research, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CAOttawa Hospital · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CASt. Paul's Hospital · CAUniversité du Québec à Montréal · CAUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Dyspnoea is a common persistent symptom post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness. However, the mechanisms underlying dyspnoea in the post-COVID-19 syndrome remain unclear. The aim of our study was to examine dyspnoea quality and intensity, burden of mental health symptoms, and differences in exercise responses in people with and without persistent dyspnoea following COVID-19. Methods: 49 participants with mild-to-critical COVID-19 were included in this cross-sectional study 4 months after acute illness. Between-group comparisons were made in those with and without persistent dyspnoea (defined as modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea score ≥1). Participants completed standardised dyspnoea and mental health symptom questionnaires, pulmonary function tests, and incremental cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Results: Exertional dyspnoea intensity and unpleasantness were increased in the dyspnoea group. The dyspnoea group described dyspnoea qualities of suffocating and tightness at peak exercise (p<0.05). Ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide ( Conclusions: People with persistent dyspnoea following COVID-19 experience a specific dyspnoea quality phenotype. Dyspnoea post-COVID-19 is related to abnormal pulmonary gas exchange and deconditioning and is linked to increased symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.

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