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ArticleInquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Impact of Long COVID on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients After Acute COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Chengyao Sun, Ziwei Liu, Sixuan Li, Yuqi Wang, Guoxiang Liu

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Article in Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chengyao SunHarbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Ziwei LiuHarbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Sixuan LiHarbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Yuqi WangHarbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Guoxiang LiuHarbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2236-1558
Harbin Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concerns have been raised globally regarding the long-term effects of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to investigate the impact of long COVID on the health of patients recovering from acute COVID-19 in China. We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey from 1 February to 9 March 2023. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to understand the differences in health utility values between individuals with and without long COVID. Factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were determined using a multiple linear regression model. A chi-square test was used to compare differences between the 2 groups for each dimension of the EuroQoL-5 Dimension-5 Level (EQ-5D-5L) scale. In total, 307 participants were included in the analysis, of which 40.39% exhibited at least 1 persistent symptom. The common symptoms of long COVID were fatigue/weakness, coughing, memory decline, poor concentration, and phlegm in the throat. Most patients with long COVID reported mild effects from their symptoms. After propensity score matching, the long-COVID group had lower health utility scores than the non-long-COVID group (0.94 vs 0.97). In the multivariable linear regression analysis, persistent symptoms and low annual household income were associated with lower health utility values (

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COVID-19Quality of LifeSARS-CoV-2AdultAgedChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromePropensity ScoreSurveys and QuestionnairesChinaCOVID-19health-related quality of lifelong COVIDpersistent symptoms

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PMID38646896
PMCPMC11036910
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