COVID-19 And Lingering Symptoms In Primary Care Patients

Katarina Hedin300 enrolled

Overview

The ongoing corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral acute respiratory tract infection caused by server acute respiratory syndrom coronavirus typ 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The signs and symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection vary and most people with COVID-19 experience illness of mild or moderate severity and recover with symptomatic treatment outside of hospital. Studies have found that some people experience lingering/long-lasting symptoms and only a minority of patients were completely free from COVID-19 related symptoms after two months. About one third still had up to two residual symptoms and 55% had three or more. As far as we know no study on lingering symptoms has been published in patients after a mild or moderate infection managed in primary care settings. The aim of this study is to explore the course of disease over a one year period and describe lingering symptoms and their impact on well-being and daily activities in adult non-hospitalized patients with previous established COVID-19 infection.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

300

Conditions

Covid19 Symptoms and Signs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, either by polymeras chain reaction (PCR), or by antigen testing (if authorized/recommended/used by national/local governments) * Symptoms consistent with mild to moderate COVID-19 * Maximum of 2 weeks since positive SARS-CoV-2 test * Aged 18 years and older * Patient able and willing to comply with monthly phone calls. Exclusion Criteria: * Hospitalisation due to COVID-19

Locations (13)

Centre for General Practice, Department of Family Medicine & Population Health (FAMPOP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp

Antwerp, Belgium

the Academic Centre for General Practice (ACHG), Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Center for General Practice at Aalborg University

Aalborg, Denmark

Département de Santé Publique, Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France

Nice, France

R. Lugar Center for Public Health Research

Tbilisi, Georgia

Institut für Allgemeinmedizin Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D7 97080 Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany

School of Medicine, National University of Ireland

Galway, Ireland

Covid-19 primary care special unit Sassuolo, Azienda Unità Sanitaria locale di Modena, Modena, Italy

Modena, Italy

Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

Medical University of Lodz, Lodz

Lodz, Poland

...and 3 more locations

COVID-19 And Lingering Symptoms In Primary Care Patients

Overview

Conditions

Eligibility

Locations (13)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes