By Ekaterina Pazukhina et al.
Source BMJ
全球長新冠，富裕貧窮觀
黃泉無客店，病毒共存歡
From a prospective, observational study of 11,860 adults (age: 41-62 y/o) hospitalized with COVID-19 in 17 countries, the proportion identified with Long Covid was significantly higher in HICs (high-income countries) vs LMICs (low- and middle-income countries) at both assessment time points [2 to <6 and 6 to <12 months post-hospital discharge] (69.0% vs 45.3%; 69.7% vs 42.4%).
Participants in HICs were more likely to report not feeling fully recovered (54.3% vs 18.0%; 56.8% vs 40.1%), fatigue (42.9% vs 27.9%; 41.6% vs 27.9%), new/persistent fever (19.6% vs 2.1%; 20.3% vs 2.0%) and have a higher prevalence of anxiety/depression and impact on usual activities compared with participants in LMICs.
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