Walter C Millanzi, Kalafunja M Osaki, Stephen M Kibusi
The effect of educational intervention on shaping safe sexual behavior based on problem-based pedagogy in the field of sex education and reproductive health: clinical trial among adolescents in Tanzania
Health psychology and behavioral medicine
many infected covid19 experience longterm disability due persistent symptoms known longcovid include ongoing respiratory issues loss taste smell impaired daily functioning study aims better understand chronology longcovid symptoms prospectively enrolled 403 adults university iowa longcovid clinic june 2020 february 2022 participants provided symptom data acute illness symptom progression clinical characteristics patients registry received survey containing questions including current symptoms status since longcovid diagnosis sliding status scale phq2 gad2 mmrc 12 months since acutecovid diagnosis chart review done track symptomology 403 participants contacted 129 32 responded mean age years 5017 1428 318 male 682 female severity acute covid treatment stratified treatment outpatient 705 inpatient 163 icu 132 settings 512 reported subjective improvement sliding scale scores 67100 since longcovid onset ages 1829 reported significantly higher subjective status scores subjective status scores unaffected severity 102 respondents 12 months initial covid19 diagnosis tracked longitudinal symptom persistence symptoms tracked variance mean fraction 058 range 034075 reported symptoms time longcovid presentation compared patient survey report 48 reported persistent dyspnea 23 48 resolved time survey fatigue 44 persistence 12 27 resolved overall 512 respondents improved since longcovid began pulmonary symptoms persistent neuromuscular symptoms anosmia dysgeusia myalgias gender time since acute covid infection severity didnt affect subjective status symptoms study highlights recall bias may prevalent longcovid research reliant participant memory