More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

🤖 Plain-English Summary

COVID-19 can involve persistence, sequelae, and other medical complications that last weeks to months after initial recovery. The five most common symptoms were fatigue (58%), headache (44%), attention disorder (27%), hair loss (25%), and dyspnea (24%).

🔑 Key Findings

• This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to identify studies assessing the long-term effects of COVID-19.
• LitCOVID and Embase were searched to identify articles with original data published before the 1st of January 2021, with a minimum of 100 patients.
• For effects reported in two or more studies, meta-analyses using a random-effects model were performed using the MetaXL software to estimate the pooled prevalence with 95% CI.

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