Authors
Andrew J Morrow, Robert Sykes, Merna Saleh, Baryab Zahra, Alasdair MacIntosh, Anna Kamdar, Catherine Bagot, Hannah K Bayes, Kevin G Blyth, Heerajnarain Bulluck, David Carrick, Colin Church, David Corcoran, Iain Findlay, Vivienne B Gibson, Lynsey Gillespie, Douglas Grieve, Pauline Hall Barrientos, Antonia Ho, Ninian N Lang, David J Lowe, Vera Lennie, Peter W Macfarlane, Kaitlin J Mayne, Patrick B Mark, Alex McConnachie, Ross McGeoch, Sabrina Nordin, Alexander Payne, Alastair J Rankin, Keith Robertson, Nicola Ryan, Giles Roditi, Naveed Sattar, David Stobo, Sarah Allwood-Spiers, Rhian M Touyz, Gruschen Veldtman, Sarah Weeden, Robin Weir, Stuart Watkins, Paul Welsh, Kenneth Mangion, Colin Berry
Publication date
2024/2/28
Journal
Communications Medicine
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
32
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Background
The associations between deprivation and illness trajectory after hospitalisation for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) are uncertain.
Methods
A prospective, multicentre cohort study was conducted on post-COVID-19 patients, enrolled either in-hospital or shortly post-discharge. Two evaluations were carried out: an initial assessment and a follow-up at 28–60 days post-discharge. The study encompassed research blood tests, patient-reported outcome measures, and multisystem imaging (including chest computed tomography (CT) with pulmonary and coronary angiography, cardiovascular and renal magnetic resonance imaging). Primary and secondary outcomes were analysed in relation to socioeconomic status, using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). The EQ-5D-5L, Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) for Anxiety and Depression …
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