Qing Shen, Emily E Joyce, Omid V Ebrahimi, Maria Didriksen, Anikó Lovik, Karen Sól Sævarsdóttir, Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir, Dorte Helenius Mikkelsen, Anna Bára Unnarsdóttir, Arna Hauksdóttir, Asle Hoffart, Anna K Kähler, Edda Björk Thórdardóttir, Elías Eythórsson, Emma M Frans, Gunnar Tómasson, Helga Ask, Hrönn Hardardóttir, Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir, Kelli Lehto, Li Lu, Ole A Andreassen, Patrick F Sullivan, Runólfur Pálsson, Christian Erikstrup, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Thomas Werge, Thor Aspelund, Ole B V Pedersen, Sverre Urnes Johnson, Fang Fang, Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir
BACKGROUND: Although the persistence of physical symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection is a major public health concern, evidence from large observational studies beyond one year post diagnosis remain scarce. We aimed to assess the prevalence of physical symptoms in relation to acute illness severity up to more than 2-years after diagnosis of COVID-19. METHODS: This multinational study included 64,880 adult participants from Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway with self-reported data on COVID-19 and physical symptoms from April 2020 to August 2022...
December 2023: The Lancet regional health. Europe