Characterization of patients with long COVID syndrome including symptoms, medical history and persistent organ damage.
Some people are very hesitant to recover from a COVID-19 infection and present persistent symptoms. The participants still suffer after the acute phase of the infection from shortness of breath, coughing, chest pain or fatigue. Therefore, a special interdisciplinary consultation was built. The consulatation is not only addressed to people who have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, but also to those with mild symptoms during infection. During the consultation hours, personal health data are collected that serves as the basis for this research project.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
no intervention
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Dyspnea
modified medical research council (scale from 0 to 4). The higher the score the worse the symptoms.
Time frame: once through study completion, an average of 6 months.
self-addressed Quality of life
Short form health 36 questionnaire with 8 domains, each rated from 0-100. The higher the score the better subjective quality of life.
Time frame: once through study completion, an average of 6 months
Thoracic pain
assessed by medical interview (reported as yes or no)
Time frame: once through study completion, an average of 6 months
Medical history
List of relevant morbidities assessed as present/not present by medical interview (e.g. respiratory, cardial, neurological, psychiatric diseases by interview and medical records)
Time frame: once through study completion, an average of 6 months
Fibrosis
Assessed by chest CT, rated as present/not present
Time frame: once through study completion, an average of 6 months
Myocardial damage
Assessed by myocardial damage, rated as present/not present
Time frame: once through study completion, an average of 6 months
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