A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies

Wyper, G. M. A. , McDonald, S. A., Haagsma, J. A., Devleesschauwer, B., Charalampous, P., Maini, R., Smith, P. and Pires, S. M. (2023) A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies. Archives of Public Health, 81(1), 193. (doi: 10.1186/s13690-023-01212-1) (PMID:37919765) (PMCID:PMC10621107)

Abstract

Previous efforts to estimate the burden of fatigue-related symptoms due to long COVID have a very high threshold for inclusion of cases, relative to the proposed definition from the World Health Organization. In practice this means that milder cases, that may be occurring very frequently, are not included in estimates of the burden of long COVID which will result in underestimation. A more comprehensive approach to modelling the disease burden from long COVID, in relation to fatigue, can ensure that we do not only focus on what is easiest to measure; which risks losing focus of less severe health states that may be more difficult to measure but are occurring very frequently. Our proposed approach provides a means to better understand the scale of challenge from long COVID, for consideration when preventative and mitigative action is being planned.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Wyper, Dr Grant
• Authors: Wyper, G. M. A., McDonald, S. A., Haagsma, J. A., Devleesschauwer, B., Charalampous, P., Maini, R., Smith, P., and Pires, S. M.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Public Health
• Journal Name: Archives of Public Health
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• ISSN: 2049-3258
• ISSN (Online): 2049-3258
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Author(s)
• First Published: First published in Archives of Public Health 81(1):193
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license