Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh

Background Pain is one of the prevalent Long COVID Symptoms (LCS). Pain interferes with the quality of life (QoL) and induces disease burden. Purpose The study aimed to elicit the clinical presentation of pain and determine the relationships between QoL and pain in LCS. Methods This household cross-...

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Main Authors: Kabir, Md. Feroz; Yin, Khin Nyein; Jeffree, Mohammad Saffree; Ahmedy, Fatimah Binti; Zainudin, Muhamad Faizal; Htwe, Ohnmar; Jahan, Sharmila; Hossain, Md. Zahid; Hossain, K. M. Amran; Hossain, Tofajjal; Jahid, Iqbal Kabir; Chakrovorty, Sonjit Kumar
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author Kabir
Md. Feroz; Yin
Khin Nyein; Jeffree
Mohammad Saffree; Ahmedy
Fatimah Binti; Zainudin
Muhamad Faizal; Htwe
Ohnmar; Jahan
Sharmila; Hossain
Md. Zahid; Hossain
K. M. Amran; Hossain
Tofajjal; Jahid
Iqbal Kabir; Chakrovorty
Sonjit Kumar
spellingShingle Kabir
Md. Feroz; Yin
Khin Nyein; Jeffree
Mohammad Saffree; Ahmedy
Fatimah Binti; Zainudin
Muhamad Faizal; Htwe
Ohnmar; Jahan
Sharmila; Hossain
Md. Zahid; Hossain
K. M. Amran; Hossain
Tofajjal; Jahid
Iqbal Kabir; Chakrovorty
Sonjit Kumar
Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
Infectious Diseases
author_facet Kabir
Md. Feroz; Yin
Khin Nyein; Jeffree
Mohammad Saffree; Ahmedy
Fatimah Binti; Zainudin
Muhamad Faizal; Htwe
Ohnmar; Jahan
Sharmila; Hossain
Md. Zahid; Hossain
K. M. Amran; Hossain
Tofajjal; Jahid
Iqbal Kabir; Chakrovorty
Sonjit Kumar
author_sort Kabir
spelling Kabir, Md. Feroz; Yin, Khin Nyein; Jeffree, Mohammad Saffree; Ahmedy, Fatimah Binti; Zainudin, Muhamad Faizal; Htwe, Ohnmar; Jahan, Sharmila; Hossain, Md. Zahid; Hossain, K. M. Amran; Hossain, Tofajjal; Jahid, Iqbal Kabir; Chakrovorty, Sonjit Kumar
Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
English
Article
Background Pain is one of the prevalent Long COVID Symptoms (LCS). Pain interferes with the quality of life (QoL) and induces disease burden. Purpose The study aimed to elicit the clinical presentation of pain and determine the relationships between QoL and pain in LCS. Methods This household cross-sectional study of 12,925 SARS-CoV-2 cases between July and December 2021 was carried out in eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Stratified random sampling from the cases retrieved from the Ministry of Health was employed. Symptom screening was performed through COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale, and long COVID was diagnosed according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS (Version 20.00). Results The prevalence of pain in long COVID was between 01 and 3.1% in the studied population. The study also found five categories of pain symptoms as LCS in Bangladesh: muscle pain 3.1% (95% CI; 2.4-3.8), chest pain 2.4% (95% CI; 1.8-3.1), joint pain 2.8% (95% CI; 2.2-2.3), headache 3.1% (95% CI; 2.4-3.8), and abdominal pain 0.3% (95% CI; 0.01-0.5). People with LCS as pain, multiple LCS, and longer duration of LCS had significantly lower quality of life across all domains of the WHOQOL-BREF (P < 0.001) compared to asymptomatic cases. Conclusion Three out of ten people with long COVID experience painful symptoms, which can significantly reduce their quality of life. Comprehensive rehabilitation can improve the symptoms and reduce the burden of the disease.
BMC

1471-2334
2024
24
1
10.1186/s12879-024-09267-3
Infectious Diseases
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title Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
title_short Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
title_full Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
title_sort Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh
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description Background Pain is one of the prevalent Long COVID Symptoms (LCS). Pain interferes with the quality of life (QoL) and induces disease burden. Purpose The study aimed to elicit the clinical presentation of pain and determine the relationships between QoL and pain in LCS. Methods This household cross-sectional study of 12,925 SARS-CoV-2 cases between July and December 2021 was carried out in eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Stratified random sampling from the cases retrieved from the Ministry of Health was employed. Symptom screening was performed through COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale, and long COVID was diagnosed according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS (Version 20.00). Results The prevalence of pain in long COVID was between 01 and 3.1% in the studied population. The study also found five categories of pain symptoms as LCS in Bangladesh: muscle pain 3.1% (95% CI; 2.4-3.8), chest pain 2.4% (95% CI; 1.8-3.1), joint pain 2.8% (95% CI; 2.2-2.3), headache 3.1% (95% CI; 2.4-3.8), and abdominal pain 0.3% (95% CI; 0.01-0.5). People with LCS as pain, multiple LCS, and longer duration of LCS had significantly lower quality of life across all domains of the WHOQOL-BREF (P < 0.001) compared to asymptomatic cases. Conclusion Three out of ten people with long COVID experience painful symptoms, which can significantly reduce their quality of life. Comprehensive rehabilitation can improve the symptoms and reduce the burden of the disease.
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