长期COVID的临床情况与年龄相关的变化
Mindy J Fain1,2, Benjamin D Horne3,4, Leora I Horwitz5,6
1Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
衰老影响长期COVID症状模式. 与年轻人相比,老年人经历不同的长期COVID症状和频率,改变了这种人口中的疾病呈现.
科学领域:
- 老年学
- 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 长期COVID或SARS-CoV-2的后急性后果是一个重大的健康挑战.
- 了解老龄化如何影响长期COVID的流行和症状对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估衰老对长期COVID的发生频率和症状概况的影响.
- 将不同成年年龄组的长期COVID症状模式进行比较.
主要方法:
- 对RECOVER-成人队列的分析,将60岁以上的社区参与者与年轻的成年人 (18-59岁) 进行比较.
- 利用41个自我报告的症状的长期COVID研究指数 (LCRI) 来分类长期COVID.
- 在SARS-CoV-2发病后至少135天评估参与者.
主要成果:
- 长期COVID (LCRI ≥12) 的几率在中年成人 (40-59岁) 中增加,但与18-39岁组相比,70岁及以上的患者的几率下降.
- 在70岁以上的成年人中,疲劳,疼痛和运动后不适等特异性症状对长期COVID来说不那么明显.
- 在症状集群中观察到与年龄相关的变化,老年人更有可能出现厌食症/ 衰老症或胃肠道问题,并且报告脑雾的可能性较低.
结论:
- 老龄化显著改变了社区老年人的长期COVID症状的流行和表现.
- 这项研究强调了长期COVID诊断和管理中需要考虑特定年龄的因素.
- 研究结果强调,长期COVID的症状模式在整个生命周期中并不统一.
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