Long-haul COVID-19 likelihood associated with middle age, female sexResearchers reporting on two non-peer–reviewed studies published this week on the preprint server medRxiv followed up months after adults' COVID-19 hospitalization and found that 55% to 71% have not fully recovered.
Middle age and female sex were associated with a higher likelihood of worse recovery in both studies.The larger study involved 1,077 UK patients (median age, 58) a median of 5 months after hospital discharge.
While 28.8% felt fully recovered, 19.6% had a new disability, 17.8% of those who were working in full- or part-time capacity no longer were, and 19.3% had undergone a health-related change in occupation.