Severely Stressful Events Worsen Symptoms of Long COVID
"Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research needed to validate the best approaches."
- "Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research needed to validate the best approaches."
- Because there is no current biological definition long COVID, many studies lump disparate symptoms into what is currently a blanket diagnosis, and without an assessment of clinical relevance, says Frontera.
- The most severely affected patients had higher rates of disability, worse measures of anxiety, depression, fatigue and sleep disorders.
- The Brookings Institution estimated in August 2022 that roughly 16 million working-age Americans (aged 18 to 65) have long COVID, out of which 2 to 4 million are out of work due to long COVID.