Rheumatic Symptoms Following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) : A Chronic Post-COVID-19 Condition

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

Background: Detailed characteristics of rheumatic symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were still unknown. We aim to investigate the proportions, characteristics, and risk factors of this condition.

Methods: In this prospective, longitudinal cohort study, discharged patients with COVID-19 were interviewed face-to-face at 12 months after symptom onset. Rheumatic symptoms following COVID-19 included newly occurring joint pain and/or joint swelling. The risk factors of developing rheumatic symptoms were identified by multivariable logistic regression analysis.

Results: In total, 1296 of 2469 discharged patients with COVID-19 were enrolled in this study. Among them, 160 (12.3% [95% confidence interval {CI}, 10.6%-14.3%]) suffered from rheumatic symptoms following COVID-19 at 12-month follow-up. The most frequently involved joints were the knee joints (38%), followed by hand (25%) and shoulder (19%). Rheumatic symptoms were independent of the severity of illness and corticosteroid treatment during the acute phase, while elderly age (odds ratio [OR], 1.22 [95% CI, 1.06-1.40]) and female sex (OR, 1.58 [95% CI, 1.12-2.23]) were identified as the risk factors for this condition.

Conclusions: Our investigation showed a considerable proportion of rheumatic symptoms following COVID-19 in discharged patients, which highlights the need for continuing attention. Notably, rheumatic symptoms following COVID-19 were independent of the severity of illness and corticosteroid treatment during the acute phase.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Open forum infectious diseases - 9(2022), 6 vom: 18. Juni, Seite ofac170

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cui, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yeming [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Lixue [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Zhisheng [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Shengrui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Post-COVID-19 condition
Rheumatic symptoms

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ofid/ofac170

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NLM341337684