Prevalence survey of clinical manifestations following COVID-19
10.3760/cma.j.cn131073.20230110.00105
- VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒感染临床表现问卷调查
- Author:
Tinghao FANG
1
;
Meng LYU
;
Jihua WANG
;
Yi LIU
;
Changlong QIAO
;
Guanghan WU
;
Dong WANG
;
Yuelan WANG
Author Information
1. 山东第一医科大学第一附属医院（山东省千佛山医院）麻醉与围术期医学科 山东省麻醉与呼吸危重症研究所，济南 250014
- Keywords:
Surveys and questionnaires;
COVID-19;
Clinical presentation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology
2023;43(1):24-28
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the clinical manifestations of population following COVID-19 by using questionnaires.Methods:COVID-19 among anesthesia workers and the surrounding population was investigated between 11 November 2022 and 31 December 2022 in China.The Tencent electronic questionnaire(ID.11492813) was sent to different WeChat groups of the Association of Anesthesiologists or Society of Anesthesiologists via the WeChat platform of the medical personnel in China. The survey was conducted between January 7 and January 15, 2023. Results:A total of 17 000 questionnaires were issued for this survey, 11 060 valid questionnaires from 31 provinces and autonomous regions were collected all over the country, with a recovery rate of 65.059%.There were 10068 (91.037%) participants diagnosed as having COVID-19, and among of them, 47.606% were male and 52.394% were female. The main post-COVID-19 clinical manifestations included fever (85.777%), cough (83.731%), fatigue (75.338%), parasomnia (64.352%), limb soreness (58.890%), dizziness, headache, tinnitus (38.617%), loss or abnormality of taste (37.763%), and loss or abnormality of smell (30.960%); peripheral neuralgia was usually found within 3 days after positive nucleic acid test or positive antigen test; there were 2 963 cases accompanied with sweating, and among of them, 47.25% were male and 52.75% were female, and 37.80% of these participants continued to sweat after the nucleic acid test or antigen test became negative. There were 1 151 cases with premature heart beats among the study population, and the symptoms aggravated following COVID-19 were found in 34.32% of these patients.Conclusions:In addition to the respiratory system, the central and peripheral nerves of patients are also affected following COVID-19, and the peripheral and central nerve disorders last until several days after negative nucleic acid test or antigen test, suggesting that anesthesiologists should pay more attention to monitoring of various nerve function and impact of surgery and anesthetic drugs on the stress response of the body in such patients.
