COVID-19 illness severity and 2-year prevalence of physical symptoms: an observational study in Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Autor: Shen Q; Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.; Institute for Advanced Study, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.; Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Joyce EE; Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Ebrahimi OV; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; Modum Bad Psychiatric Hospital and Research Center, Vikersund, Norway., Didriksen M; Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark., Lovik A; Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.; Methodology and Statistics Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands., Sævarsdóttir KS; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Magnúsdóttir I; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Mikkelsen DH; Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Services, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.; The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark., Unnarsdóttir AB; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Hauksdóttir A; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Hoffart A; Modum Bad Psychiatric Hospital and Research Center, Vikersund, Norway., Kähler AK; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Thórdardóttir EB; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.; Mental Health Services, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Eythórsson E; Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Frans EM; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Tómasson G; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.; Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Ask H; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway., Hardardóttir H; Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Jakobsdóttir J; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Lehto K; Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Estonia., Lu L; Institute of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.; NORMENT Centre, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway., Andreassen OA; NORMENT Centre, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway., Sullivan PF; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.; Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA., Pálsson R; Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.; Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland., Erikstrup C; Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark., Ostrowski SR; Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark., Werge T; Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Services, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.; The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark.; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Lundbeck Foundation Center for GeoGenetics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark., Aspelund T; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.; The Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland., Pedersen OBV; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, Denmark., Johnson SU; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; Modum Bad Psychiatric Hospital and Research Center, Vikersund, Norway., Fang F; Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Valdimarsdóttir UA; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.; Unit of Integrative Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Lancet regional health. Europe [Lancet Reg Health Eur] 2023 Oct 27; Vol. 35, pp. 100756. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 27 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100756
Abstrakt: Background: Although the persistence of physical symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection is a major public health concern, evidence from large observational studies beyond one year post diagnosis remain scarce. We aimed to assess the prevalence of physical symptoms in relation to acute illness severity up to more than 2-years after diagnosis of COVID-19.
Methods: This multinational study included 64,880 adult participants from Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway with self-reported data on COVID-19 and physical symptoms from April 2020 to August 2022. We compared the prevalence of 15 physical symptoms, measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15), among individuals with or without a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, by acute illness severity, and by time since diagnosis. We additionally assessed the change in symptoms in a subset of Swedish adults with repeated measures, before and after COVID-19 diagnosis.
Findings: During up to 27 months of follow-up, 34.5% participants (22,382/64,880) were diagnosed with COVID-19. Individuals who were diagnosed with COVID-19, compared to those not diagnosed, had an overall 37% higher prevalence of severe physical symptom burden (PHQ-15 score ≥15, adjusted prevalence ratio [PR] 1.37 [95% confidence interval [CI] 1.23-1.52]). The prevalence was associated with acute COVID-19 severity: individuals bedridden for seven days or longer presented with the highest prevalence (PR 2.25 [1.85-2.74]), while individuals never bedridden presented with similar prevalence as individuals not diagnosed with COVID-19 (PR 0.92 [0.68-1.24]). The prevalence was statistically significantly elevated among individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 for eight of the fifteen measured symptoms: shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, heart racing, headaches, low energy/fatigue, trouble sleeping, and back pain. The analysis of repeated measurements rendered similar results as the main analysis.
Interpretation: These data suggest an elevated prevalence of some, but not all, physical symptoms during up to more than 2 years after diagnosis of COVID-19, particularly among individuals suffering a severe acute illness, highlighting the importance of continued monitoring and alleviation of these targeted core symptoms.
Funding: This work was mainly supported by grants from NordForsk (COVIDMENT, grant number 105668 and 138929) and Horizon 2020 (CoMorMent, 847776). See Acknowledgements for further details on funding.
Competing Interests: OAA receives support from the NordForsk (grant number 105668 COVIDMENT) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant 847776; CoMorMent). OAA declares receiving grants or contracts from NIH NIMN Award (R01MH123724-01, 1R01MH124839, 1R01MH129742, 1R01MH129858-01A1), Research Council of Norway (RCN grants 223273, 296030, 300309, 324252), the South-East Norway Health Authority (grant 2017-112, 2022-073), European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant 964874 REALMENT), EEA-RO-NO-2018-0535, and KG Jebsen Stiftelsen (grants SKGJ-MED-008 and SKGJ-MED-021). OAA receives consulting fees from Biogen, Cortechs.ai and Milken. OAA gets Speaker’s honorarium from Janssen, Lundbeck and Sunovion, and has a patent on Intranasal Administration (US20160310683 A1). OAA participated in advisory board as National PI for JANSSEN trial depression, MAPS trial PTSD and BI trial schizophrenia. OAA declares having stock at Cortechs.ai. RP receives grant of Excellence, Icelandic Research Fund. RP declares to be the vice president at UEMS Section of Internal Medicine, a board member of the Icelandic Society of Internal Medicine, and is the president of the Icelandic Transplantation Society. EF received a payment for keynote lecture from Astra Zeneca. SUJ is a leader in Metacognitive Therapy Institute Norwegian Branch. FF receives support from the NordForsk (grant number 105668 and 138929 COVIDMENT) and the Horizon 2020 (Grant 847776; CoMorMent). UAV receives support from the NordForsk (grant number 105668 and 138929 COVIDMENT) and the Horizon 2020 (Grant 847776; CoMorMent). AL declares to receive Fredrik and Ingrid Thuring Foundation. OBVP receives Independent Research Fund Denmark (0214-00127B). QS declares receiving support from the Outstanding Clinical Discipline Project of Shanghai Pudong (Grant No.: PWYgy2021-02) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. PFS declares receiving funding from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, award D0886501). PFS also receives consulting fees, participating on a data safety monitoring board or advisory board, and holds stock or stock options, from Neumora Therapeutics. All other authors declare no competing interests.
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