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Persistence of symptoms and return to work after hospitalization for COVID-19

2022; Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia; Linguagem: Inglês

10.36416/1806-3756/e20220194

ISSN

1806-3756

Autores

Helena Moraes Jardim de Azevedo, Nataly Winni Fernandes dos Santos, Mariana Lima Lafetá, André Luís Pereira de Albuquerque, Suzana Érico Tanni, Priscila A. Sperandio, Eloara V.M. Ferreira,

Tópico(s)

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Resumo

Many patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were unable to return to work or their return was delayed due to their health condition. The aim of this observational study was to evaluate the impact of moderate-to-severe and critical COVID-19 infection on persistence of symptoms and return to work after hospital discharge. In this study, two thirds of hospitalized patients with pulmonary involvement reported persistence of symptoms six months after COVID-19 infection, such as memory loss (45.5%), myalgia (43.9%), fatigue (39.4%), and dyspnea (25.8%), and 50% slowly returned to work, with repercussions due to fatigue and/or loss of energy.

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