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A weighted-sum chaotic sparrow search algorithm for interdisciplinary feature selection and data classification
Scientific reports
long covid major problem affecting patient health health service workforce optimise design future interventions covid19 better plan allocate health resources critical quantify health economic burden novel condition aimed evaluate estimate differences health impacts long covid across sociodemographic categories quantify qualityadjusted lifeyears qalys widely used measures across health systems approval nhs england utilised openprompt uk cohort study measuring impact long covid healthrelated qualityoflife hrqol openprompt invited responses patient reported outcome measures proms using smartphone application recruited november 2022 october 2023 used validated euroqol eq5d questionnaire uk value set develop disutility scores 1utility respondents without long covid using linear mixed models calculated subsequent qualityadjusted lifemonths qalms long covid total openprompt cohort consisted 7575 individuals consented data collection used data 6070 participants completed baseline research questionnaire 246 selfreported long covid multivariable regressions long covid consistent impact hrqol showing higher likelihood odds reporting loss qualityoflife odds ratio 47 95 ci 372593 compared people report long covid reporting disability largest predictor losses hrqol 177 95 ci 10373033 across survey responses selfreported long covid associated 037 qalm loss found substantial impacts qualityoflife due long covid representing major burden patients health service highlight need continued support research long covid hrqol scores compared unfavourably patients conditions multiple sclerosis heart failure renal disease research supported national institute health care research nihr openprompt covlt20073