The Epidemiology of Long Coronavirus Disease in US Adults

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BACKGROUND: We estimated the prevalence of long COVID and impact on daily living among a representative sample of adults in the United States.

METHODS: We conducted a population-representative survey, 30 June-2 July 2022, of a random sample of 3042 US adults aged 18 years or older and weighted to the 2020 US population. Using questions developed by the UK's Office of National Statistics, we estimated the prevalence of long COVID, by sociodemographics, adjusting for gender and age.

RESULTS: An estimated 7.3% (95% confidence interval: 6.1-8.5%) of all respondents reported long COVID, corresponding to approximately 18 828 696 adults. One-quarter (25.3% [18.2-32.4%]) of respondents with long COVID reported their day-to-day activities were impacted "a lot" and 28.9% had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection more than 12 months ago. The prevalence of long COVID was higher among respondents who were female (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]: 1.84 [1.40-2.42]), had comorbidities (aPR: 1.55 [1.19-2.00]), or were not (vs were) boosted (aPR: 1.67 [1.19-2.34]) or not vaccinated (vs boosted) (aPR: 1.41 [1.05-1.91]).

CONCLUSIONS: We observed a high burden of long COVID, substantial variability in prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, and risk factors unique from SARS-CoV-2 risk, suggesting areas for future research. Population-based surveys are an important surveillance tool and supplement to ongoing efforts to monitor long COVID.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 76(2023), 9 vom: 03. Mai, Seite 1636-1645

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Robertson, McKaylee M [VerfasserIn]
Qasmieh, Saba A [VerfasserIn]
Kulkarni, Sarah G [VerfasserIn]
Teasdale, Chloe A [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Heidi E [VerfasserIn]
McNairy, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Borrell, Luisa N [VerfasserIn]
Nash, Denis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Long COVID
Long-haul COVID-19
Post-COVID-19 syndrome
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.05.2023

Date Revised 10.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciac961

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350541175