Post-COVID-19 fatigue: A cross-sectional study (original) (raw)
Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of post-infection fatigue (PVFS) over one year after COVID-19. Material and methods: 165 people who had COVID-19 more than a year ago were interviewed. A Fatigue Assessment Scale was used to assess the degree of fatigue. Chemiluminescent analysis was carried out to detect antibodies to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) antigens. For statistical analysis Fisher's exact test and Spearman correlation were conducted. Results: Among people with PVFS, there were 4.1 times more women than men (80.4% vs. 19.6%), people over 45 years old (76%), and people who needed hospitalization for COVID-19 (76%). The average fatigue duration was 573±18,3 days. Among individuals without PVFS, there were significantly more individuals under the age of 45 compared with the group of individuals with PVFS (40% and 24%, respectively, p=0.007) and there were significantly more individuals who did not need hospitalization compared with the group of individuals with PVFS (52% vs. 24...
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