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ArticleArchives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2023

A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies.

Grant M A Wyper, Scott A McDonald, Juanita A Haagsma, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Periklis Charalampous, Rishma Maini, Pierre Smith, Sara M Pires

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Article in Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Grant M A WyperPlace and Wellbeing Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom. grant.wyper@phs.scot.
Scott A McDonaldCentre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Juanita A HaagsmaErasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Brecht DevleesschauwerDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Periklis CharalampousErasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Rishma MainiClinical and Protecting Health Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Pierre SmithDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Sara M PiresNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Erasmus MC · NLGhent University · BENational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLNHS Fife · GBPublic Health Scotland · GBTechnical University of Denmark · DKUCLouvain · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous efforts to estimate the burden of fatigue-related symptoms due to long COVID have a very high threshold for inclusion of cases, relative to the proposed definition from the World Health Organization. In practice this means that milder cases, that may be occurring very frequently, are not included in estimates of the burden of long COVID which will result in underestimation. A more comprehensive approach to modelling the disease burden from long COVID, in relation to fatigue, can ensure that we do not only focus on what is easiest to measure; which risks losing focus of less severe health states that may be more difficult to measure but are occurring very frequently. Our proposed approach provides a means to better understand the scale of challenge from long COVID, for consideration when preventative and mitigative action is being planned.

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Disability-adjusted life yearDisability weightEuropean burden of disease networkFatigueLong COVIDPost COVID-19 conditionYears lived with disability

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PMID37919765
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