Topic
Wellbeing research, explained
2 open-access wellbeing studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- Fatigue drives work and social disability in long COVID clinics
Among 3,754 UK post-COVID clinic patients, 53% had moderately severe functional impairment (WSAS ≥20); fatigue (FACIT-F) was the strongest predictor of high WSAS, ahead of depression and brain fog.
- Most PCS patients still ill in year two
In a German nested case-control follow-up, 67.6% of PCS cases remained symptomatic at phase 2 while 78.5% of recovered controls stayed well; symptoms stayed nonspecific without lab evidence of viral persistence.