Do post-COVID-19 symptoms exist? A longitudinal study of COVID-19 sequelae in Wenzhou, China

Min Zhou; Jing Cai; Wenjie Sun; Jing Wu; Yidong Wang; Michelle Gamber; Lingyan Fan; Guiqing He

doi:10.1016/j.amp.2021.03.003

Do post-COVID-19 symptoms exist? A longitudinal study of COVID-19 sequelae in Wenzhou, China

Ann Med Psychol (Paris). 2021 Nov;179(9):818-821. doi: 10.1016/j.amp.2021.03.003. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Authors

Min Zhou¹, Jing Cai², Wenjie Sun^{3

4}, Jing Wu⁵, Yidong Wang⁶, Michelle Gamber⁷, Lingyan Fan⁸, Guiqing He⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of infectious diseases, Xinyu people's hospital, 338000 Xinyu city, Jiangxi province, China.
² Department of comprehensive medicine, Wenzhou Central Hospital Medical Group, Affiliated Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University, 325000 Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
³ The Second affiliated hospital of Fujian traditional Chinese medical university, 350003 Fuzhou city, Fujian province, China.
⁴ Robert Stempel college of public health and social work, Florida international university, 33199 Miami, Florida, United States of America.
⁵ Department of infectious diseases, Huashan hospital, Fudan university, 200040 Shanghai, China.
⁶ Department of geriatrics, Wenzhou central hospital, 325000 Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
⁷ School of health professions, Division of public health, Shenandoah University, 22601 Winchester, United States of America.
⁸ Department of acute infection, Hwa Mei hospital, University of Chinese academy of sciences, No. 175, Yongfeng north road, Jiangbei district, 315000 Ningbo city, Zhejiang province, China.
⁹ Department of infectious diseases and infectious diseases laboratory, Wenzhou sixth people's hospital, Wenzhou central hospital medical group, Affiliated Dingli clinical institute of Wenzhou medical university, No. 252, Baili East road, 325000 Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China.

Abstract
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Objective: We conducted a cohort of tracing discharge patients of COVID-19.

Materials and methods: We used the Mann-Whitney U test, χ² test, or Fisher's exact test to compare differences between age groups and gender groups where appropriate.

Results: Our study provides insights into the nature and severity of medical conditions specific to survivors of COVID-19.

Conclusions: It also highlights the potential mental health issues resulting from infectious disease outbreaks within communities.

Objectifs: Nous avons suivi une cohorte de patients à la sortie du COVID-19.

Matériaux et méthodes: Nous avons utilisé les test de Mann–Whitney U, de Fisher ou du Chi² pour comparer les différences entre les groupes d’âge et de genre, le cas échéant.

Résultats: Notre étude fournit un aperçu de la nature et de la gravité des troubles médicaux propres aux survivants du COVID-19.

Conclusions: Elle met également en lumière les problèmes de santé mentale potentiels découlant des éclosions de maladies infectieuses dans les collectivités.

Keywords: COVID-19; PTSD; Post-symptoms; SARS-CoV-2.

Abstract in English, French

Abstract
in English, French