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. 2021 Jun 18;100(24):e26371. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026371

Table 3.

Illness characteristics and symptoms of 35 adult outpatients hospitalized during the 4-week outpatient follow-up for COVID-19.

No. (%)
Characteristic/symptom Illness onset (N = 35) Week 1 (n = 10) Week 2 (n = 12) Week 3 (n = 8) Week 4 (n = 7)
Able to perform all ADLs 15/33 (45.5) 4 (40.0) 5 (41.7) 5 (62.5) 6 (85.7)
Unable to perform all ADLs 18/33 (54.5) 6 (60.0) 7 (58.3) 3 (37.5) 1 (14.3)
Visited the ED 31 (88.6) 6 (60.0) 6 (50.0) 5 (62.5) 2 (28.6)
Illness resolved 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Selected symptoms
 Fever 21 (60.0) 4 (40.0) 4 (33.3) 2 (25.0) 0 (0)
 Chills or rigors 3 (8.6) 2 (20.0) 4 (33.3) 1 (12.5) 1 (14.3)
 Malaise 6 (17.1) 2 (20.0) 4 (33.3) 0 (0) 1 (14.3)
 Arthralgia 3 (8.6) 1 (10.0) 3 (25.0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Myalgia 2 (5.7) 1 (10.0) 2 (16.7) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Headache 12 (34.3) 1 (10.0) 4 (33.3) 2 (25.0) 1 (14.3)
 Fatigue 9 (25.7) 2 (20.0) 3 (25.0) 1 (12.5) 2 (28.6)
 Anosmia/dysosmia 4 (11.4) 1 (10.0) 2 (16.7) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Aguesia/dysguesia 1 (2.9) 1 (10.0) 3 (25.0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Upper respiratory symptoms
 Sore throat 1 (2.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0)
 Rhinorrhea 2 (5.7) 0 (0) 1 (8.3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Nasal/sinus congestion 13 (37.1) 2 (20.0) 1 (8.3) 1 (12.5) 0 (0)
Lower respiratory symptoms
 Cough 9 (25.7) 5 (50.0) 6 (50.0) 4 (50.0) 2 (28.6)
 Chest pain 5 (14.3) 0 (0) 1 (8.3) 3 (37.5) 2 (28.6)
 Dyspnea 3 (8.6) 5 (50.0) 3 (25.0) 3 (37.5) 2 (28.6)
GI symptoms
 Anorexia 15 (42.9) 1 (10.0) 2 (16.7) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Nausea 1 (2.9) 1 (10.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Vomiting 8 (22.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Diarrhea 4 (11.4) 2 (20.0) 3 (25.0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0)
Palpitations 9 (25.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Light-headedness 2 (5.7) 0 (0) 3 (25.0) 2 (25.0) 0 (0)
Syncope 1 (2.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)