dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-16T17:22:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-16T17:22:53Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-11-01T10:06:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fossum, Guro Haugen Brænd, Anja Maria Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka Rørtveit, Guri Høye, Sigurd Straand, Jørund . Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/105885 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective Dependent on clinical setting, geography and timing during the pandemic, variable symptoms of COVID-19 have been reported. Our aim was to describe self-reported symptom intensity and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients. Design Web-based survey. Setting Norway between March 2020 and July 2021. Subjects Adults in home isolation. Main outcome measures Participants reported possible COVID-19 symptoms, duration of symptoms, score of symptom severity (Likert scale 0–3), risk factors, comorbidity, and questions regarding follow-up and information from primary health care. Results Of 477 participants, 379 (79%) had PCR-confirmed COVID-19, 324 (68%) were females, and 90% were younger than 60 years. Most common symptoms were “fatigue and/or muscle ache” (80%), nasal symptoms (79%), and headache (73%). The mean severity of symptoms was generally low. Symptoms with the highest mean scores were “fatigue and/or muscle ache” (1.51, SD 1.02) and headache (1.27 (SD 1.00). Mean scores for severity ranged from 0.28 (nausea) to 1.51 (fatigue and/or muscle ache). Women reported higher symptom scores than men. For “affected sense of smell and/or taste”, patients either reported a high symptom score (24%) or no affliction at all (49%). A third of the participants (32%) were followed-up by primary care health personnel, and almost 40% had sought or received information about COVID-19 from general practitioners. Conclusion The mean severity of symptoms among nonhospitalized adult COVID-19 patients was generally low. We found large variations in the occurrence and severity of symptoms between patients. | |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey | |
dc.title.alternative | ENEngelskEnglishSymptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.creator.author | Fossum, Guro Haugen | |
dc.creator.author | Brænd, Anja Maria | |
dc.creator.author | Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka | |
dc.creator.author | Rørtveit, Guri | |
dc.creator.author | Høye, Sigurd | |
dc.creator.author | Straand, Jørund | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,52,15,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Avdeling for allmennmedisin | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2190881 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2023 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 8 | |
dc.identifier.pagecount | 8 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2023.2266477 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 0281-3432 | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |