Hospital admission and vaccination as predictive factors of long COVID-19 symptoms

Abstract

Background: Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, a great variabilityof symptoms that a ect all organsandsystemsof thebodyhas beenidentifiedinpatientswithSARSCoV infection; thissymptomatology cansometimespersistover time,givingrisetothesocalledlongCOVIDor postCOVID.Theaimofthisstudyistodelveintotheclinicalcharacterization ofthesepatients,aswellastotakeintoaccounttheinfluenceoffactorssuchas hospitalization,admissiontoICU,historyofpneumonia,orvaccinationstatus onthepersistenceofsymptoms. Material andmethods: An observational, descriptive, multicenter, and retrospective studywas designedwith a series of cases of peoplewho presentedlongCOVID,whichincludesunivariate,bivariate,andmultivariate analyses. Datawereobtained fromanonline adhocquestionnaire, and statisticalanalysiswasperformedusingSPSSSoftwareVersion (IBMInc., Chicago, IL,USA). Results:Hospitalization,ICUadmission,historyofpneumonia,andvaccination werepredictivefactors (positiveornegative) for thefollowing longCOVID symptoms: headache,menstrual disorders, joint pain, cough, chills, nasal congestion, backpain, abdominal pain,weight loss, eyediscomfort, facial erythema, itching, tremors, dizziness, seizures, sleepingdi culty, dryeyes, palpitations, fatigue, paresthesia, dyspnea, aphonia, chest pain, highblood pressure,vomiting,memoryloss,brainfog,hypothermia, lowbloodpressure, sputumorphlegm, lackofconcentration,hairloss,anderectiledysfunction. Conclusion: This studyprovidesevidenceontheclinical characterization of patients su ering fromlongCOVID inorder too er themthemost appropriatetreatments.