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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schröder, Dominik
• Heinemann, Stephanie
• Heesen, Gloria
• Hummers, Eva
• Schmachtenberg, Tim
• Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra
• Vahldiek, Kai
• Klawonn, Frank
• Klawitter, Sandra
• Steffens, Sandra
• Mikuteit, Marie
• Niewolik, Jacqueline
• Müller, Frank

Titel

Association of long COVID with health-related Quality of Life and Social Participation in Germany: Finding from an online-based cross-sectional survey

Ist Teil von

• Heliyon, 2024-02, Vol.10 (4), p.e26130-e26130, Article e26130

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study aims to examine the health-related Quality of Life (hrQoL) and social participation in participants with Long COVID compared to participants without symptoms after COVID-19 and participants with no prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Germany. The non-random sample consists of participants 18 years or older. Participants were divided in three groups: Lg COVID with a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and new or persistent symptoms 28 days after infection, ExCOVID with a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and without new or persistent symptoms after 28 days, and NoCOVID when participants had no prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. EQ-5D-3L was used as hrQoL measure and the Index for the Assessment of Health Impairments (IMET) to reflect social participation. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. A total of 3188 participants were included in the analysis (1421 Lg COVID, 260 ExCOVID, 1507 NoCOVID). Lg COVID was associated with the lowest EQ-5D-3L index values (p < 0.001), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores (p < 0.001), and IMET (p < 0.001) scores followed by NoCOVID and ExCOVID. After adjusting for sociodemographic and medical conditions in a multivariable model Long COVID was still associated with lower hrQoL compared to NoCOVID (p < 0.001). About 10% of Lg COVID participants showed no health impairments in all EQ-5D dimensions while 51.1% of NoCOVID and 60% of ExCOVID participants showed no health impairments. This study highlights the impairments of persons with Long COVID on hrQoL and social participation compared to individuals without Long COVID in Germany. German Clinical Trial Registry, DRKS00026007.