More than half of people who recover from COVID-19 still report fatigue 10 weeks later, regardless of the seriousness of their initial infection, an observational study published Nov 9 in PLOS One has found.Led by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, the study involved taking blood samples from and administering the Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFQ-11) assessment to 128 patients visiting an outpatient post-coronavirus care clinic at St.
James's Hospital in Dublin. CFQ-11 rates fatigue on a scale of 9 to 63 based on a nine-item questionnaire, with a higher score indicating more fatigue.Sixty-seven of 128 participants (52.3%) reported fatigue, a common symptom of acute COVID-19 infection, a median of 10 weeks after recovery, while 54 (42.2%) said