Table III. Examples of descriptive studies on post-COVID-19 syndrome.
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n
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Severity
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Methodology
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Time (days)
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Prevalence
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Most commonly reported symptoms
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Halpin et al
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100
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30%, ICU
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Telephone
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48
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60-72%
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Fatigue (72%), dyspnoea (65%), stress (47%)
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Garrigues et al
|
120
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Hospital
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Telephone
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110
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55%
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Fatigue (55%), dyspnoea (42%), memory problems (34%)
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Tenforde et al
|
292
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Mild
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Telephone
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14-21
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94%
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Cough (43%), fatigue (35%), dyspnoea (29%)
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Carvalho-Schneider et al
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150
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Mild
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Telephone
|
30-60
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66%
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Asthenia (40%), dyspnoea (30%), anosmia (23%)
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Carfi et al
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143
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Hospital
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Clinic
|
60
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87%
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Fatigue (53%), dyspnoea (43%), arthralgia (22%)
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D’Cruz et al
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110
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Pneumonia
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Clinic
|
60
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89%
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Fatigue (68%), sleepiness (57%), dyspnoea (44%)
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Townsend et al
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153
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Hospital
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Clinic
|
75
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62%
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Fatigue (48%)
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Moreno-Pérez et al
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272
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Hospital
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Clinic
|
77
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51%
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Fatigue and dyspnoea (35%), anosmia (21%), arthralgia (20%)
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Venturelli et al
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767
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Hospital
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Clínica
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81
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51.4%
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Fatigue and dyspnoea (51%), post-traumatic stress (30.5%)
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n: number of patients studied; severity: mild vs. hospital admission, pneumonia or admission to intensive care unit (ICU); methodology: telephone survey vs. clinical assessment; time: average assessment in days after COVID-19; prevalence: percentage of patients with post-COVID syndrome; most commonly reported symptoms: main symptoms ordered by frequency.
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