Characteristics of long COVID symptoms of people affected by COVID-19 living at Savar Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study was to identify the Characteristics of long COVID symptom and Explore the relation among long COVID symptoms and socio demographic variables and explore the level of impact on peoples life due to long covid symptoms. Method: A prospective survey was undertaken of cross sectional study to confirmed people living with and affected by long COVID (aged 18–87 years). 294 participants were recruited from across savar upazila, Bangladesh. All participants had a previously confirmed positive COVID-19 diagnosis and passes at least 12 weeks are reported persistent symptoms and difficulties in performing daily activities. Participants who consented were contacted by face-to-face interview. MBPI and MBFI scale were usesd to measure the severity of pain and fatigue. Result: Among 294 participants, the prevalence of long COVID symptoms at 12 weeks was 15.6%. Association in between gender and modified brief fatigue inventory are noticed. Female are more probability to effected than male to fatigue . Also association in between comorbidities and modified brief pain inventory are noticed. Who has more co-morbidities , he/ she is more risky to affected by long COVID pain symptom. Conclusion: In this study, the prevalence of long COVID symptoms was 15.6%. this study also describe the characteristics of the symptom and association with gender and co-morbidities. Key words: COVID-19, long COVID, post-COVID-19 syndrome, Characteristics, Symptom ,post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.