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ArticleFrontiers in epidemiology2022

Treated post-acute sequelae after COVID-19 in a German matched cohort study using routine data from 230,256 adults.

Doreen Müller, Sandra Stengel, Martin Roesler, Gerhard Schillinger, Hendrik Dräther, Christian Günster, Hanna Tillmanns, Michael Erhart, Joachim Szecsenyi, Uta Merle

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Article in Frontiers in epidemiology, 2022. 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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Doreen MüllerAOK Research Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Sandra StengelDepartment of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University Hospital, Marsilius Arkaden, Turm West, Heidelberg, Germany.
Martin RoeslerAOK-Bundesverband, Berlin, Germany.
Gerhard SchillingerAOK-Bundesverband, Berlin, Germany.
Hendrik DrätherAOK Research Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Christian GünsterAOK Research Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Hanna TillmannsAOK Research Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Michael ErhartDepartment for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Joachim SzecsenyiDepartment of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University Hospital, Marsilius Arkaden, Turm West, Heidelberg, Germany.
Uta MerleClinic for Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Toxicology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK · DEBundesverband Glaukom-Selbsthilfe · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity of Applied Sciences Appollon · DE

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Abstract

Background: Post-acute sequelae after COVID-19 are still associated with knowledge gaps and uncertainties at the end of 2022, e.g., prevalence, pathogenesis, treatment, and long-term outcomes, and pose challenges for health providers in medical management. The aim of this study was to contribute to the understanding of the multi-faceted condition of long-/ post-COVID. It was designed to evaluate whether a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first COVID-19 wave in Germany increases the rate of disease, as measured Method: 50 outcome variables at disease, symptom and treatment levels (14 main categories and 36 sub-categories; new diagnoses) were defined from health insurance data. Logistic regression was carried out for two groups of patients tested positive in a PCR test in March/April 2020 for SARS-CoV-2, compared to the respective risk-adjusted (age, administrative region, 1:5 propensity-score matching), contemporaneous control group without prior documented SARS-CoV-2 infection (CG): First, individuals with outpatient treatment of acute COVID-19, indicating a not severe course (COV-OUT), and second, individuals with inpatient treatment of acute COVID-19, indicating a severe course (COV-IN) were compared with their respective control group. Results: The mortality rate in COV-OUT ( Conclusion: Following a SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, 8.4 [COV-OUT, 95%CI (7.7, 9.1)] respectively 25.5 [COV-IN, 95%CI (23.6, 27.4)] percentage points more subjects showed at least one new diagnosis/symptom/treatment compared to their matched CG (COV-OUT: 44.9%, CG: 36.5%; COV-IN: 72.0%, CG: 46.5%). Because the symptoms and diagnoses are so varied, interdisciplinary and interprofessional cooperation among those providing management is necessary.

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COVID-19long covidpost-acute sequelaepost covidSARS-CoV-2

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