JMIR formative research
Authors: Becker N, Kim HC, Bright DJ, Williams Iii R, Anguera JA, Arnold EA, Saberi P, Neilands TB, Pollack LM, Tan JY
Volume 10 | Frontiers in medicine
Authors: Núñez I, Gillard J, Fragoso-Saavedra S, Feyaerts D, Islas-Weinstein L, Gallegos-Guzmán AA, Valente-García U, Meyerowitz J, Kelly JD, Chen H, Ganio E, Benkendorff A, Flores-Gouyonnet J, Dammann-Beltrán P, Heredia-González JF, Rangel-Gutiérrez GA, Blish CA, Nadeau KC, Nolan G, Crispín JC, McIlwain DR, Gaudillière B, Valdés-Ferrer SI
INTRODUCTION
Few studies have evaluated the presence of Post COVID-19 conditions (PCC) in people from Latin America, a region that has been heavily afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we describe the frequency, co-occurrence, predictors, and duration of 23 symptoms in a cohort of Mexican patients with PCC.
METHODS
We prospectively enrolled and followed adult patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19 at a tertiary care centre in Mexico City. The incidence of PCC symptoms was determined using questionnaires. Unsupervised clustering of PCC symptom co-occurrence and Kaplan-Meier analyses of symptom persistence were performed. The effect of baseline clinical characteristics was evaluated using Cox regression models and reported with hazard ratios (HR).
RESULTS
We found that amongst 192 patients with PCC, respiratory problems were the most prevalent and commonly co-occurred with functional activity impairment. 56% had ≥5 persistent symptoms. Symptom persistence probability at 360 days 0.78. Prior SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection during the Delta variant wave were associated with a shorter duration of PCC. Male sex was associated with a shorter duration of functional activity impairment and respiratory symptoms. Hypertension and diabetes were associated with a longer duration of functional impairment. Previous vaccination accelerated PCC recovery.
DISCUSSION
In our cohort, PCC symptoms were frequent (particularly respiratory and neurocognitive ones) and persistent. Importantly, prior SARS-CoV-2 vaccination resulted in a shorter duration of PCC.
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Journal of virus eradication
Authors: Kang M, Price JC, Peters MG, Lewin SR, Sulkowski M
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Authors: Joe E, Segal-Gidan F, Cummings JL, Galasko D, Tomaszewski Farias S, Johnson DK, Ross L, Yaffe K, Wang X, Schneider LS, Chui H, Ringman JM, California Alzheimer's Disease Center Investigators
Frontiers in oncology
Authors: Jang A, Sella A, Nassar AH, Koshkin VS
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases
Authors: Pollock Y, Smith MR, Saad F, Chowdhury S, Oudard S, Hadaschik B, Olmos D, Lee JY, Uemura H, Bhaumik A, Londhe A, Rooney B, Brookman-May SD, De Porre P, Mundle SD, Small EJ
The New England journal of medicine
Authors: Conrad MD, Asua V, Garg S, Giesbrecht D, Niaré K, Smith S, Namuganga JF, Katairo T, Legac J, Crudale RM, Tumwebaze PK, Nsobya SL, Cooper RA, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Bailey JA, Rosenthal PJ
Physical therapy
Authors: Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Kelley AS, Covinsky KE
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Authors: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee, Kwok K, Levin TR, Dominitz JA, Panganamamula K, Feld AD, Bardall B, Newbury K, Day LW
JAMA oncology
Authors: Xie E, Yeo YH, Scheiner B, Zhang Y, Hiraoka A, Tantai X, Fessas P, de Castro T, D'Alessio A, Fulgenzi CAM, Xu S, Tsai HM, Kambhampati S, Wang W, Keenan BP, Gao X, Xing Z, Pinter M, Lin YJ, Guo Z, Vogel A, Tanaka T, Kuo HY, Kelley RK, Kudo M, Yang JD, Pinato DJ, Ji F
