在南阿拉巴马州的人口中,长期的COVID流行率和相关特征
C L Daniel1, S Fillingim1, J James1
1University of South Alabama, College of Medicine at Mobile, AL, USA.
Public health
|July 14, 2023
概括
长期COVID影响了20%的患者在6个月和17%在12个月,疾病的严重程度和住院是关键的风险因素. 这些持续的症状凸显了长期的COVID作为一个重大持续的健康问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 长期COVID,定义为COVID-19诊断后4周以上持续的症状,显著影响患者的生活质量,导致功能障碍和神经精神疾病.
- 了解长期COVID风险因素和患病率对于有效的患者管理和公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定与长期COVID相关的风险因素.
- 为了确定南阿拉巴马州患者群体中长期COVID的患病率.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项纵向队列研究,对516名被诊断为COVID-19的患者进行了研究.
- 在诊断后的基线,6个月和12个月进行了标准化的电话采访,以收集有关社会人口统计,并发病,急性疾病和长期COVID症状的数据.
- 使用概括估计方程的多变量分析评估了持续症状与各种因素之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 研究人口主要由女性 (65%) 和非洲裔美国人 (57%) 组成,平均年龄为41.1岁.
- 症状持续性观察到20%的参与者在6个月和17%在12个月.
- 在急性COVID-19感染期间的疾病严重程度和住院的急诊室访问与长期COVID的风险增加有显著的关联.
结论:
- 在被研究的人群中发现了长期COVID的大量发病率,症状流行率在6个月和12个月后保持稳定.
- 这些发现强调了长期COVID作为一种持久的健康问题,有可能对患者产生长期影响.
- 需要对更大,更多样化的群体进行进一步的研究,以充分描述长期COVID风险因素和改善疾病管理的临床轨迹.
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