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. 2021 May 31;13(5):e15351.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.15351. eCollection 2021 May.

Duration and Risk Factors of Post-COVID Symptoms Following Recovery Among the Medical Doctors in Bangladesh

Sarmin Sultana  1 , Mohammad Tanvir Islam  2 , Marium Salwa  1 , Shah M Zakir Hossain  3 , Md Nazmul Hasan  2 , Abdullah A Masum  2 , Abed H Khan  2 , Md Maruf Haque Khan  1 , M Atiqul Haque  1
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Duration and Risk Factors of Post-COVID Symptoms Following Recovery Among the Medical Doctors in Bangladesh

Sarmin Sultana et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

A large number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovered patients are suffering from related symptoms. We conducted telephone interviews with 186 COVID-19 recovered medical doctors to determine the post-COVID symptoms, duration, and associated risk factors. About 70% of participants had at least one acute post-COVID symptom, including fatigue (43.0%), sleep disturbance (13.4%), lack of concentration (11.8%), breathing difficulty (10.2%), headache (6.5%), and muscle pain (6.5%). However, about 24% of participants reported having long post-COVID symptoms. Logistic regression analysis showed that female sex (odds ratio {OR}, 2.79; 95% CI, 1.28-6.06; p-value: 0.010) and comorbid conditions (OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.08-4.79; p: value, 0.030) are risk factors for the long post-COVID symptoms.

Keywords: covid-19; duration; medical doctors; post-covid symptoms; risk factors.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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