Clinical and Socio-Demographic Variables Associated With Long COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zohreh Mahmoodi, Giti Bahrami, Ehsan Shahrestanaki, Hamed Seddighi and Nooshin Ghavidel

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 6, 947-953

Abstract: Considering the importance of long COVID-19 (LC), this study aimed to investigate the relationship between clinical/sociodemographic factors and LC symptoms (LCS). This online cross-sectional study was conducted on 308 people infected with COVID-19 in Alborz, Iran, from April 1 to June 1, 2022. Multivariable logistic regression models were applied to measure the association between the LCS with other variables. Overall, 76.6% of participants had at least one LCS. Results from the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that females (crude odds ratio [OR] [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 2.725 [1.42, 5.22]), educated persons (3.747 [1.58, 8.84]), people with a higher number of COVID-19 reinfection (2.280 [1.30, 3.97]), having an underlying disease (1.996 [1.01, 3.93]), and COVID-19 severity (3.321 [1.037, 10.635]) had higher odds of LC than others (all p  

Keywords: COVID-19; long-term symptoms; social determinants of health; socioeconomic status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738231177395

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