Over half the people who survived being hospitalised with COVID still have symptoms after 4 months

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A significant proportion of survivors of COVID-19 are still feeling its effects four months after leaving the hospital, according to Italian research, which found many experienced respiratory impairments and reduced ability to exercise, while around 1 in 6 had post-traumatic stress symptoms. The study of 238 patients found that 53 per cent had some functional impairment after four months.

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Organisation/s: Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy

Funder: This study was partially funded by the AGING Project, Department of Excellence, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale and by the Azienda Ospedaliero–Universitaria Maggiore della Carità di Novara.

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