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Nader Zalaquett1, Kevan Lutchman, Eirini Iliaki
1From the Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (N.Z.); Occupational Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (K.L., E.I., J.B., N.N., S.N.K., F.-Y.L.); Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (K.L., M.S.P., S.N.K., F.-Y.L.); Infection Prevention and Infectious Diseases, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (E.I.); Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and CIBERESP (CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health), Madrid, Spain (M.S.P.); IMDEA-Food Institute, CEI UAM+CSIC, Madrid, Spain (M.S.P.); Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan (F.-Y.L.); and Occupational Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan (F.-Y.L.).
Objective:
This study aimed to evaluate the long-term, symptomatic recovery of healthcare workers from acute COVID-19 infections up to 3 years after the initial COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was performed among employees of a community-based healthcare system in Massachusetts who had a recorded positive COVID-19 test. Survey responses were collected between September 2022 and January 2023. The survey included validated questionnaires: WHOQOL-BREF, EQ-5D-5 L, DASS-21, FCV-19S, K6+, and the Insomnia Severity Index. We compared the long-COVID (ie, symptoms lasting >28 days) and non-long-COVID groups.
Results:
Among the 280 respondents (15.2% response rate), those with long COVID (73.4%) reported significantly worse quality of life and greater levels of depression, anxiety, and stress metrics. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups' fear of COVID-19.
Conclusions:
Targeted support for healthcare workers with prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 is warranted.
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