Table 3. Self-reported Long COVID symptoms and its features at four weeks and six months follow-up.
| Variable | At 4 weeks (N = 487) n (%) |
At 6 months (N = 371) n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-reported Long COVID symptoms | n = 142 (29.2) | n = 35 (9.4) | |
| Most common Self-reported Long COVID symptoms | Fatigue | 92 (64.8) | 19 (54.3) |
| Cough | 46 (32.4) | 6 (17.1) | |
| Breathing difficulty | 24 (16.9) | 10 (28.6) | |
| Chest pain | 12 (8.4) | 2 (5.7) | |
| Loss of taste | 6 (4.2) | 0 | |
| Loss of smell | 4 (2.8) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Brain fog | 3 (2.1) | 0 | |
| Palpitation | 3 (2.1) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Anxiety | 3 (2.1) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Depression | 0 | 4 (11.4) | |
| Limitation of activity | Activity limited a lot | 10 (7) | 0 |
| Activity limited a little | 41 (28.9) | 16 (45.7) | |
| No activity limitation | 91 (64.1) | 19 (54.3) | |
| Perceived severity of Long COVID symptoms | Not severe | 131 (92.3) | 33 (94.3) |
| Severe | 11 (7.7) | 2 (5.7) | |
| Consulted a health care practitioner | 49 (34.5) | 8 (22.9) | |