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. 2024 Jan 10;13(2):392. doi: 10.3390/jcm13020392

Table 1.

Post-acute COVID-19 symptoms of previously hospitalized patients at early and late time points after the initial illness.

Early Visits Late Visits p-Value
Asymptomatic 25.93% 43.51% 0.1
Dyspnea 59.26% 40.91% 0.09
Dyspnea with m-MRC > 1 25% 15.97% 0.4
Cough 11.54% 8.44% 0.7
Fatigue 42.31% 23.87% 0.06
Muscular weakness 26.92% 13.55% 0.1
Myalgia/arthralgia 11.54% 5.81% 0.4
Weight loss > 4 kg 15.38% 9.68% 0.5
Dizziness/vertigo 7.69% 6.45% 0.7
Tremor 3.85% 1.95% 0.6
Numbness 0% 1.3% 0.9
Headache 7.69% 3.87% 0.3
Fever 0% 0.65% 0.9
Sweating 7.69% 5.84% 0.7
Gastrointestinal symptoms 0% 2.58% 0.9
Hairloss 11.54% 10.32% 0.7
Rash 0% 2.58% 0.9
Anosmia/ageusia 7.69% 1.3% 0.1
Palpitation 7.69% 5.16% 0.6
Psychological symptoms 23.08% 19.48% 0.4
Other 0% 4.52% 0.6

Symptoms of 122 patients during 4–84 weeks after the onset of acute disease (total 181 visits). Early follow-up visits are considered those that occurred within 89 days after acute COVID-19 onset (27 visits/27 patients) and late visits are considered those that occurred 90 days or more after the initial illness (154 visits/95 patients). Percentages correspond to symptoms reported by a patient during a visit. m-MRC: modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale, EQ-VAS: visual analog scale of EQ-5D-5Lscore,EQ-5D-5L: European quality of life self-assessed questionnaire.