Table 4.

Disability weights for the symptoms of COVID-19

Category	Symptom categories	Health stages	DWs	95% CI
Systemic symptoms	Fever and fatigue	Mild	0.006	(0.004 to 0.008)
		Moderate	0.051	(0.036 to 0.066)
		Severe	0.133	(0.089 to 0.177)
	Muscular soreness	Mild	0.015	(0.012 to 0.018)
		Moderate	0.054	(0.041 to 0.067)
		Severe	0.110	(0.059 to 0.113)
Neurological symptoms	Dizziness and headache	Mild	0.028	(0.019 to 0.037)
		Moderate	0.083	(0.055 to 0.111)
		Severe	0.163	(0.109 to 0.217)
Respiratory symptoms	Expiratory dyspnoea	Mild	0.045	(0.040 to 0.050)
		Moderate	0.108	(0.085 to 0.131)
		Severe	0.399	(0.293 to 0.505)
	Cough and sore throat	Mild	0.004	(0.003 to 0.005)
		Moderate	0.011	(0.008 to 0.014)
		Severe	0.034	(0.023 to 0.045)
Cardiovascular symptoms	Palpitations and chest tightness	Mild	0.041	(0.029 to 0.053)
		Moderate	0.072	(0.048 to 0.096)
		Severe	0.179	(0.120 to 0.238)
Gastrointestinal symptoms	Nausea and vomiting	Mild	0.009	(0.006 to 0.012)
		Moderate	0.057	(0.038 to 0.076)
		Severe	0.130	(0.089 to 0.171)
	Abdominal pain and diarrhoea	Mild	0.011	(0.008 to 0.014)
		Moderate	0.091	(0.062 to 0.120)
		Severe	0.194	(0.128 to 0.260)
Psychological symptoms	Anxiety and depression	Mild	0.030	(0.021 to 0.039)
		Moderate	0.120	(0.084 to 0.156)
		Severe	0.366	(0.243 to 0.489)

DWs, disability weights.