Post-infection chronic fatigue following coronavirus disease-19: cross sectional study

ABSTRACT

Coronavirus disease has a wide range of symptoms, from asymptomatic infection to critical illness, which may even lead to death. Fatigue is the most prevalent symptom in COVID patients during and after the acute phase of the disease. Fatigue in COVID patients still with unknown etiology. This crosssectional study used data from KSMC hospital records and direct interviews with patients affected by chronic fatigue following confirmed COVID. Data were analyzed using SPSS V24 and multiple regression analysis. Pearson correlation, chi square test were used in the analysis process. Our results found that vaccination status is strongly affecting chalder fatigue scale;also age, comorbidities and COVID severity affect the scale. Comorbidity was found to be high in older participants;also higher comorbidities associated with increased disease severity.