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Persistence of symptoms and return to work after hospitalization for COVID-19

Published:2022-11-10 Issue: Volume: Page:e20220194
ISSN:1806-3756
Container-title:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
language:en
Short-container-title:J Bras Pneumol.

Author:

Moraes Jardim de Azevedo1,2 Helena¹^ORCID,Winni Fernandes dos Santos1,3 Nataly²^ORCID,Lima Lafetá3 Mariana³^ORCID,Luis Pereira de Albuquerque4 André⁴^ORCID,Erico Tanni5 Suzana⁵^ORCID,Abreu Sperandio3 Priscila³^ORCID,Vieira Machado Ferreira3 Eloara³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. 1. Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 2. Disciplina de Pneumologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, – EPM/Unifesp – São Paulo (SP) Brasil.

2. 1. Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 3. Setor de Função Pulmonar e Fisiologia Clínica do Exercício – SEFICE – Disciplina de Pneumologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, – EPM/Unifesp – São Paulo (SP) Brasil.

3. 3. Setor de Função Pulmonar e Fisiologia Clínica do Exercício – SEFICE – Disciplina de Pneumologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, – EPM/Unifesp – São Paulo (SP) Brasil.

4. 4. Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.

5. 5. Disciplina de Pneumologia, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu (SP) Brasil.

Abstract

Many patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were unable to return to work or their return was delayed due to their health condition. The aim of this observational study was to evaluate the impact of moderate-to-severe and critical COVID-19 infection on persistence of symptoms and return to work after hospital discharge. In this study, two thirds of hospitalized patients with pulmonary involvement reported persistence of symptoms six months after COVID-19 infection, such as memory loss (45.5%), myalgia (43.9%), fatigue (39.4%), and dyspnea (25.8%), and 50% slowly returned to work, with repercussions due to fatigue and/or loss of energy.

Publisher

Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia

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