Abstract
Background and aims: Up to 60% of COVID-19 survivors develop long-COVID symptomatology with 90 different manifestations. The aim of this large cohort study was to study the prevalence of persistent musculoskeletal pain as a long-COVID symptom in COVID-19 survivors.
Methods: This cross-sectional exploratory study was based on responses to pain-related questionnaires from a national survey including data from 1) 4.833 previously hospitalised patients with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and from 2) a population of 132.427 non-hospitalised SARS-CoV-2 infected persons. Time from confirmed infection to response was 8-30 months. The questionnaire was designed to focus specifically on the type of post-COVID persistent pain, pain intensities, and quality of life.
Results: Data from 1.000 randomly selected previously hospitalised (51.2% males; 60.4±15.2 years; 85.6±18.5 kg) and 1.000 randomly selected non-hospitalised COVID-19 survivors (43.5% males; 50.4±15.9 years; 79.2±16.6 kg) were included. Long-COVID pain symptoms were more prevalent within the hospital group (38.8% vs. 12.7%, p<0.001). When analysing specifically for de novo musculoskeletal pain, the prevalence was likewise highest in the hospital group (20% vs. 4.2%, p<0.001). A higher proportion (p<0.001) of previously hospitalised survivors (20%) reported presence of widespread pain when compared with non-hospitalised patients (4.2%). Long-COVID pain intensities were not different between groups (p<0.329).
Conclusions: This study showed that long-COVID musculoskeletal pain was more prevalent in the hospital group compared to a non-hospitalised group. The high prevalence of long-COVID musculoskeletal and widespread pain symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection highlights the need of attention to this new group of pain patients.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | sep. 2023 |
Status | Udgivet - sep. 2023 |
Begivenhed | 13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC: Personalised Pain Management: The Future is Now - Budapest, Ungarn Varighed: 20 sep. 2023 → 22 sep. 2023 https://europeanpainfederation.eu/efic2023/ |
Konference
Konference | 13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC |
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Land/Område | Ungarn |
By | Budapest |
Periode | 20/09/2023 → 22/09/2023 |
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