Long- COVID and general health status in hospitalized COVID-19 survivors

Abstract

Despite advances in clinical research, the long-term effects of COVID-19 on patients are not clear. Many studies revealed persistent long-term signs and symptoms. In a survey study, 259 hospitalized confirmed COVID-19 patients between 18 and 59 years were interviewed. Demographic characteristics and complaints were studied through telephone interviews. Any patient-reported symptoms that continued or developed from 4 weeks up to 12 weeks after the onset of the disease were recorded only if they did not exist prior to infection. The 12-Item General Health Questionnaire was used for screening and assessing mental symptoms and psychosocial well-being. The mean age of participants was 43.8 ± 9.9 years. About 37% had at least one underlying disease. 92.5% showed ongoing symptoms that the most prevalent complications were hair loss (61.4%), fatigue (54.1%), shortness of breath (40.2%), altered smell (34.4%), and aggression (34.4%), respectively. In terms of factors affecting patients' complaints, there were significant differences between age, sex, and underlying disease with long-remaining complications. This study shows a high rate of long COVID-19 conditions that should be considered by physicians, policymakers, and managers.

Integrating socio-psychological factors in the SEIR model optimized by a genetic algorithm for COVID-19 trend analysis

“…First, we set the time series to span 150 days, with daily COVID-19 data collected in Wuhan City, China. Each day, a health status assessment is conducted for all individuals considering their state from the previous day 9 . The standard SEIR model divides health status into four defined population groups: S (susceptible), I (infective), E (exposed) and R (removed) 10 .…”