What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the occurrence of long-COVID symptomatology? SciReports NatureMedicine ANajahUni covid COVID19 SARSCoV2 longcovid vaccination symptoms research medicine
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaMar 31 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers evaluated the incidence of long coronavirus disease symptoms among COVID 2019 patients in Palestine who visited government clinics.
According to the World Health Organization , the development or persistence of COVID-19 symptoms after three months of COVID-19 , with symptoms persisting for more than two months without any alternate explanation, is long COVID. The study comprised 669 real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction -confirmed COVID-19 patients diagnosed between September 16 and October 5, 2021, at the Tulkarm primary health care directorate of the West Bank, Palestine.
Dyspnea and fatigue were assessed using the modified medical research council scale and fatigue assessment scales , respectively. All participants were aged above 18 years and registered with the health information system. Individuals unable to respond to the questionnaires and those lost to follow-up were excluded from the analysis.
Ten days after SARS-CoV-2 infection, the most prevalent symptoms were dyspnea, cough, insomnia, and fatigue, reported by 39%, 32%, 32%, and 29% of participants, respectively. Fatigue and dyspnea remained the most prevalent symptoms 90 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection among 15% and 20% , respectively.
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