Characteristics and burden of acute COVID-19 and long-COVID

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Marisa Koini, Medical University of Graz

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Project Citation: 

Koini, Marisa. Characteristics and burden of acute COVID-19 and long-COVID. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E196861V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset consists of 416 individuals (73.9% female) between the ages of 16 and 80 years (M = 44.18, SD = 12.90) with self-reported symptoms of long-COVID who participated in an online survey conducted between March and May 2022. 

6.0%, 74.3%, and 19.7% of all respondents reported having had an asymptomatic, mild, or severe acute illness, respectively. Out of all participants, 7.8% required hospitalization. The most prevalent symptoms during the acute infection (Mdn = 23.50 symptoms, IQR = 13 - 39) included fatigue, exhaustion, cough, brain fog, and memory problems. The median long-COVID disease duration was 12.10 months (IQR = 2.8 - 17.4). Among 64 inquired long-COVID symptoms (Mdn = 17.00 symptoms, IQR = 9 - 27), participants reported fatigue, exhaustion, memory problems, brain fog, and dyspnea as the most common ongoing symptoms, which were generally experienced as fluctuating and deteriorating after physical or cognitive activity. Common consequences of long-COVID included financial losses (40.5%), changes in the participants’ profession (41.0%), stress resistance (87.5%), sexual life (38.1%), and mood (72.1%), as well as breathing difficulties (41.3%), or an increased drug intake (e.g., medicine, alcohol; 44.6%). In addition, vaccinated individuals exhibited a shorter acute illness duration and an earlier onset of long-COVID symptoms. In general, women reported more long-COVID symptoms than men.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Fast Track Digital; FFG) (F0999887709)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms COVID19; Long-COVID; global health
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 3/2022 – 5/2022 (March 2022 - May 2022)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 3/2022 – 5/2022 (March 2022 - May 2022)
Universe:  View help for Universe Individuals with self-reported symptoms of long-COVID
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling The dataset represents data from an online study, including individuals with self-reported symptoms of long-COVID who were recruited through social media advertisements, press releases, and information folders distributed in rehabilitation clinics.

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