Prevalence and Determinants of Fatigue after COVID-19 in Non-Hospitalized Subjects: A Population-Based Study

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 2030
• Main Authors: Stavem, Knut, Ghanima, Waleed, Olsen, Magnus K., Gilboe, Hanne M., Einvik, Gunnar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.02.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Comorbidity; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; Dyspnea; Fatigue; Fatigue - epidemiology; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; Population; Population-based studies; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Respiratory diseases; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survivors; Variables; Womens health; Young Adult; Norway; COVID-19; prevalence; post-infectious fatigue; fatigue; CFQ-11

This study assessed the prevalence and determinants of fatigue in a population-based cohort of non-hospitalized subjects 1.5–6 months after COVID-19. It was a mixed postal/web survey of all non-hospitalized patients ≥18 years with a positive PCR for SARS-CoV-2 until 1 June 2020 in a geographically d...