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Characterization of autonomic symptom burden in long COVID: A global survey of 2,314 adults

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2022-10-19
scimago Q2
wos Q2
SJR0.993
CiteScore5.2
Impact factor2.8
ISSN16642295
Neurology
Neurology (clinical)
Abstract
Background

Autonomic dysfunction is a known complication of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC)/long COVID, however prevalence and severity are unknown.

Objective

To assess the frequency, severity, and risk factors of autonomic dysfunction in PASC, and to determine whether severity of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with severity of autonomic dysfunction.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey of adults with PASC recruited through long COVID support groups between October 2020 and August 2021.

Participants

2,413 adults ages 18–64 years with PASC including patients who had a confirmed positive test for COVID-19 (test-confirmed) and participants who were diagnosed with COVID-19 based on clinical symptoms alone.

Main measures

The main outcome measure was the Composite Autonomic Symptom 31 (COMPASS-31) total score, used to assess global autonomic dysfunction. Test-confirmed hospitalized vs. test-confirmed non-hospitalized participants were compared to determine if the severity of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with the severity autonomic dysfunction.

Key results

Sixty-six percent of PASC patients had a COMPASS-31 score >20, suggestive of moderate to severe autonomic dysfunction. COMPASS-31 scores did not differ between test-confirmed hospitalized and test-confirmed non-hospitalized participants [28.95 (15.62, 46.60) vs. 26.4 (13.75, 42.10); p = 0.06].

Conclusions

Evidence of moderate to severe autonomic dysfunction was seen in 66% of PASC patients in our study, independent of hospitalization status, suggesting that autonomic dysfunction is highly prevalent in the PASC population and independent of the severity of acute COVID-19 illness.

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Larsen N. W. et al. Characterization of autonomic symptom burden in long COVID: A global survey of 2,314 adults // Frontiers in Neurology. 2022. Vol. 13.
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Larsen N. W., Stiles L. E., Shaik R., Schneider L., Muppidi S., Tsui C. T., Geng L. N., Bonilla H., Miglis M. G. Characterization of autonomic symptom burden in long COVID: A global survey of 2,314 adults // Frontiers in Neurology. 2022. Vol. 13.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3389/fneur.2022.1012668
UR - https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1012668
TI - Characterization of autonomic symptom burden in long COVID: A global survey of 2,314 adults
T2 - Frontiers in Neurology
AU - Larsen, Nicholas W
AU - Stiles, Lauren E.
AU - Shaik, Ruba
AU - Schneider, Logan
AU - Muppidi, Srikanth
AU - Tsui, Cheuk To
AU - Geng, Linda N
AU - Bonilla, Hector
AU - Miglis, Mitchell G
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/10/19
PB - Frontiers Media S.A.
VL - 13
PMID - 36353127
SN - 1664-2295
ER -
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@article{2022_Larsen,
author = {Nicholas W Larsen and Lauren E. Stiles and Ruba Shaik and Logan Schneider and Srikanth Muppidi and Cheuk To Tsui and Linda N Geng and Hector Bonilla and Mitchell G Miglis},
title = {Characterization of autonomic symptom burden in long COVID: A global survey of 2,314 adults},
journal = {Frontiers in Neurology},
year = {2022},
volume = {13},
publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1012668},
doi = {10.3389/fneur.2022.1012668}
}