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2025
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A multinational cross-sectional study on the prevalence and predictors of long COVID across 33 countries
Mohamed Sayed Zaazouee, Eman Ayman Nada, Mohammed Al‐kafarna, Shaheen Ahmed, Shivabalan Kathavarayan Ramu, Abdelrahman Hafez, Sajeda Ghassan Matar, Ahmed N Assar, Mohamed Elshennawy, Hazem Abu El-Enien, Hala Jamal Redwan, Sarah Makram Elsayed, Maha Jabir Omran, Omar H. Salloum, Hossam Waleed Almadhoon, Mohamed Mamdouh, Engy A. Wahsh, Anas Zakarya Nourelden, Alaa Ahmed Elshanbary, Walid Abdel‐Aziz, Hivan Haji Rashid, Iman A. Basheti, Khaled Mohamed Ragab, Ahmed Taher Masoud, Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, Asmaa Gomaa Alwarraqi, Ahmed Mohamed Nour El-deen, Bashar Khaled Almaghary, Hedaya Ramzi Khrawat, Yousef Raid AbdAlrazeq, Shomoa Alaa Elhajjar, Yousuf Mohammed Deeb, Malak Yousef Badawi, Roa’a Mohammad Aljuneidi, Saja Emad Abusabha, Fida Hussien Al-Ali, Anwar Yousef Jabari, Nusaiba Mohamad Al Zaalan, Ahmed Hashem Fathallah, Dina Ibrahim, Eman Mahmoud, Bethel Abraha Gebremeskel, Abdelrahman Mohamed Mahmoud, Mai Mohammad Abdalraouf, Doaa Salah Elgendy, M.A. Elsayed, Hadir Atef Soliman, Manal Mohamed Ali, Mohamed A. Abd Elhameed, Asmaa Mohamed Saber, Taghreed Reda Moustafa, Shereen Elsayed Tawfeek, Rania Ramadan, Mahmoud M. Elhady, Arun Quadros Darian, Victor Carrera Gomes, Gabriela Maria Roncon, Fabio Deltreggia, Ronaldo Sousa Oliveira Filho, Nada Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Mohammed Zaho, Kimanthi Cyrus, Nafisa Agil Hussein, Waseth Joy Noela, Preetesh Jakharia, Misbah Akhtar, Mohamed Masoud, Mohamed A. El-Saied, Aya Mohamed Rabie Abd Elghany, Ghadeer Magdy Elshafey, Khaled Abouelmagd, Ahmed Gamal Ahmed Shetia, Ghader Mofed Alibrahem, Rashid Ibrahim, Hala Aldeeb, Nouha Halim Moustafa, Ali Hosni, Souliman Ahmad Radeef, Lina Dalati, Elaf Sa’ad Aldeen Alashkar, Abdelkader Nabeel Malih, Hisham Alhosni, Mohammed Amir Rais, Bouchra Belhocine, Hadil Elbatoul Meguellatni, Hanane Hammoumi, Hadjer Belmerabet, Rayhana Khellafi, M. Amrani, Bouthaina Memmou, Abdelkader Kherbache, Jalal Almeer, Salmah Meteran Alrshedi, Amnah A. Alharbi, Adel Mohamed Aboregela, Wessam Abd El Razek Ibrahim Mady, Zenat Khired, Suleiman Ayalew Belay, Elaf M. H. Abdelraheem, Rowa sirelkhatim mohamedahmed, Roaa Ahmed Elobeid, Hamid Magzoub, Fatima Ibrahim, Basel Adel Mohammed Basrawi, S Thabit, Walaa Ismat Mubark Abdelmgeed, Hajar Abdalrazak Alhakari, Fatima Abd Elmonim Mohammed Abd Elkareem, Iman Hisham Abd Elraheem Merghani, Faisal Ismail, Fatma Alsharif, Fatima Asedeq Abdulali, Israa Mohammed Benismail, Aisha Hasan ibreerah, Raneem Ahmed Egzait, Fatima Ibrahim Abushaala, Raga A. Elzahaf, Mahmoud Alfituri Abushiba, Khaled A. Almehdawi, Haya Ahmed Hijazi, Esraa Emad Alazq, Anas Ishqair, Zakaria Abdallah Abu Elkishik, Taima Nemir Awamleh, Lana Adel Tannous, Nour Mohammad Abumurra, Rayyan Ahmad Al-Qaryouti, Baha’ Aljeradat, Mai AlAdwan, Raed Odeh, Wasan Fawzi Alsafadi, Sally S. Alabdullah, Aseel Ahmad Alkhraibat, Darine Touka, Huzan Hashim Arsalan, Dini Setyowati, Nastiti Faradilla Ramadhani, Alexander Patera Nugraha, Rini Devijаnti Ridwаn, Diah Savitri Ernawati, Andra Rizqiawan, Ratri Maya Sitalaksmi, Taufan Bramantoro, Beta Novia Rizky, Agung Sosiawan, Tamara Tango, Evangelia Samara, Agathi Karakosta, Pantazi Danai, Gloria Evdoxia Izountouemoi, Konstantinos D Stamatis, Ghulam Mujtaba Mughal, Ali Asghar Bhutto, Sidra Absar, Sana Hilal, Faiza Qamar, Ikram Uddin panhwar, Abubakar Ahmed, Javeria Ikram, Syed Zaidi, Sana Asghar, Hadil Hussain Hamza, Naomi Chinyere Chikezie, Maryam Abdulkarim, Durojaye Aishat Bisoye, Yahaya Fatihu Adam, Jesutomini Esther Abikoye, Opara Franklyn Chiemekam, Jeremiah Oluwatomi Itodo Daniel, Jegr Waad Farj, Darya Salih Hussein, Faheema Rafo Khalaf, Hussein Kameran Jabbar, Dlnaz Ayoub Abdi, Sefina Gwachha, Saroma Awal, Bishal Dahal Khatri, Vivekanand lekhak, Belal Shohayeb, Hanem Ellethy, Pop Dariana, Miruna Doru, Rus Nicolae-Dochian, Rigman Darius-Gabriel, Ene Andrei-Iulian, Bogdan Adrian Buta, Raul Petric, Esmail Abdelmonem, P. Ghattas, Mira A. O. Alabadla, Tabarak Qassim, Moosa Munawar AlHoda, Kevin Regi, Mahdi Salah Mahdi, Waleed Sameer Abdulkarim Mohamed Affoni, Hasan Al‐Omari, Nour El Houda Ben Jouda, Nishant Cherian, Devika Nair, Akil Vaibhav, Akash Verma, Rishi Bhatele, Md Ariful Haque, Nazifa Tahseen Akhi, Sabrina Sultana Liza, Hasan Shahriar, Shirsendu Nag Saikat, Fahmida Aslam, A Chowdhury, Khandker Saadiqul Quader, Anju Beesetty, Feven Mekonnen Belay, Michael A Negussie, Fitsum Assefa Gemechu, Samuel Mesfin, Eden Haile Hagos, Ebisa Damesa Amensisa, M. Mazen Jamal, Sawsane A. Ghaddar, Zeinab Hammoud, Solay Farhat, Ali Ismail, Shahin Ahmed, Akash Saha, Abdinoor Mohamed, Fatema E Nur Mou, Ajmina Hasan Flabe, Andrés Estrella Terneux, Juan Carlos Panchi Jima, M.A. Guerrero, María José Rengel Chalco, Walter Alexis Encalada Collahuazo, Karla Alejandra Chiliquinga Jácome, E. Prieto, Niyonkuru Fabrice, Maramuke Carine, Crispine Harushimana, Iteka Délissa Carmella, Irankunda Kévin, Nsabimana Bénit, Mfuranzima Japhet, Irakoze Clovis, Zeynep Ceren Zekey, O.S. Zahra, Mustafa Mehmetoğlu, Eman Khaled, Fouziya Neyyar, Carlos Emilio Hernández Mancia, Indiana Castro, Carlos Valencia, Tania Elizabeth Bolaños Rosero, Priscilla Lopez Ahumada, Narjiss Aji, Arwa Aboumedian, Samia Kessab, Musab Bouhajra, Fatima Zahra Aboumedian, Oumaima Kenna, Amal Shukri Ali Abdulqader Al-Akhdhary, Ahmed Sadeq Maknoon, Nagwan Yousef, Aiman Al-Khadher, Monica Adhiambo Onyango
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The symptoms of long COVID (LC) can be debilitating and may be associated with anxiety, social stigma, and quality of life deterioration. Identifying patients at risk of LC is important to offer follow-up care and plan population-level public health measures. The current multinational study aimed to assess the prevalence and predictors of LC in the general population. We conducted an online, multinational, cross-sectional survey between April 2022 and January 2023, targeting participants 18 years and older with a previously confirmed COVID-19 infection. We used convenience sampling to recruit participants through an online Google form. We collected demographic data, past medical history, infection details, post-COVID-19 symptoms, and quality of life. Responses were then translated into English. LC was defined as per the World Health Organization. A single-variable analysis was conducted to identify factors significantly associated with LC development. Following the removal of multicollinear variables, a generalized linear model was established to estimate the contribution of different predictors to LC occurrence. A total of 11,801 respondents from 33 countries were included in the analysis. The mean age for participants was 32.7 ± 12.8 years, with 61% being females. BMI averaged 25.2 ± 4.8 across participants, and 14.8% of them were smokers. Seventy-eight percent of participants reported receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Respondents with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 were then categorized into those with LC (N = 2335, 19.8%) and without LC (N = 9466 individuals, 80.2%). Our model identified 25 significant predictors. The predictors of higher LC risk included ICU admission (OR 2.08; 95% CI 1.36, 3.18; P = 0.001), female sex (OR 1.8; 95% CI 1.61, 2.02; P < 0.001), fatigue during the infection (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.43, 1.78; P < 0.001), identifying as Hispanic (OR 1.53; 95% CI 1.26, 1.85; P < 0.001), and pre-existing gastrointestinal disease (OR 1.48; 95% CI 1.22, 1.8; P < 0.001). In conclusion, we identified key LC predictors, including ICU admission, female sex, and acute fatigue as primary risk factors, while African American and Asian ethnicities and receiving even one dose of vaccination demonstrated protective effects.
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- A multinational cross-sectional study on the prevalence and predictors of long COVID across 33 countries
- Date Crossref
- 03/08/2025
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- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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