Multi-organ impairment and long COVID: a 1-year prospective, longitudinal cohort study.



Dennis, Andrea, Cuthbertson, Daniel J ORCID: 0000-0002-6128-0822, Wootton, Dan ORCID: 0000-0002-5903-3881, Crooks, Michael, Gabbay, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-8485, Eichert, Nicole, Mouchti, Sofia, Pansini, Michele, Roca-Fernandez, Adriana, Thomaides-Brears, Helena
et al (show 7 more authors) (2023) Multi-organ impairment and long COVID: a 1-year prospective, longitudinal cohort study. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 116 (3). p. 1410768231154703.

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Abstract

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine the prevalence of organ impairment in long COVID patients at 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms and to explore links to clinical presentation.<h4>Design</h4>Prospective cohort study.<h4>Participants</h4>Individuals.<h4>Methods</h4>In individuals recovered from acute COVID-19, we assessed symptoms, health status, and multi-organ tissue characterisation and function.<h4>Setting</h4>Two non-acute healthcare settings (Oxford and London). Physiological and biochemical investigations were performed at baseline on all individuals, and those with organ impairment were reassessed.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Primary outcome was prevalence of single- and multi-organ impairment at 6 and 12 months post COVID-19.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 536 individuals (mean age 45 years, 73% female, 89% white, 32% healthcare workers, 13% acute COVID-19 hospitalisation) completed baseline assessment (median: 6 months post COVID-19); 331 (62%) with organ impairment or incidental findings had follow-up, with reduced symptom burden from baseline (median number of symptoms 10 and 3, at 6 and 12 months, respectively). Extreme breathlessness (38% and 30%), cognitive dysfunction (48% and 38%) and poor health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L < 0.7; 57% and 45%) were common at 6 and 12 months, and associated with female gender, younger age and single-organ impairment. Single- and multi-organ impairment were present in 69% and 23% at baseline, persisting in 59% and 27% at follow-up, respectively.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Organ impairment persisted in 59% of 331 individuals followed up at 1 year post COVID-19, with implications for symptoms, quality of life and longer-term health, signalling the need for prevention and integrated care of long COVID.Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04369807.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID-19, long COVID, organ impairment, quality of life, prevention, integrated care
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2023 11:27
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2023 04:04
DOI: 10.1177/01410768231154703
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3168475