Study Finds Long COVID Symptom Prevalence Remains Relatively High Two Years After Initial Infection

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/9, Basilio) reports a study found that “the prevalence of long COVID symptoms among adult patients was found to be relatively high 2 years following index COVID-19 infection, with female sex, obesity, and severity of initial infection identified as predictors for the emergence of common symptom clusters.” The researchers “conducted a follow-up survey of patients who participated in a population-based, longitudinal, observational study of Long COVID symptom prevalence” in 2021. Of patients who reported long COVID symptoms on the first survey, researchers said that “8.8% recovered by the follow-up survey, but 10.2% reported emerging long COVID symptoms.” The researchers “noted that the frequency of some common symptom clusters, including fatigue, neurocognitive impairment, and chest symptoms, remained relatively stable from the first survey to the follow-up survey.” The study was published in the Journal of Infection.