Living with Long COVID in a Southern State: A Comparison of Black and White Residents of North Carolina DOI Open Access

William Pilkington,

Brooke E. Bauer,

Irene A. Doherty

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22(2), P. 279 - 279

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Long COVID can devastate patients' overall quality of life, extending to economic, psychosocial, and mental health day-to-day activities. Clinical research suggests that long is more severe among Black African American populations in the United States. This study examines lived lasting effects a diverse sample North Carolina residents over one year by using three self-administered questionnaires completed online Qualtrics. A cross-sectional descriptive analysis baseline results presented. Our recruited 258 adults, which 51.5% had (but may have recovered), 32.3% COVID-19 infection at least once, 16.3% never COVID-19. The socioeconomic status participants was lower than White participants; however, economic impact not worse. Across both groups, 64.4% were employed, 28.8% change tasks or work less, 19.8% stopped working. Fewer (32.6%) (54.8%) always/often felt supported family friends about having COVID. majority (59.1%) reported they did recover from compared 29.7% participants. COVID/COVID-19 experience affected differently, but continue feel impacts.

Language: Английский

Living with Long COVID in a Southern State: A Comparison of Black and White Residents of North Carolina DOI Open Access

William Pilkington,

Brooke E. Bauer,

Irene A. Doherty

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22(2), P. 279 - 279

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Long COVID can devastate patients' overall quality of life, extending to economic, psychosocial, and mental health day-to-day activities. Clinical research suggests that long is more severe among Black African American populations in the United States. This study examines lived lasting effects a diverse sample North Carolina residents over one year by using three self-administered questionnaires completed online Qualtrics. A cross-sectional descriptive analysis baseline results presented. Our recruited 258 adults, which 51.5% had (but may have recovered), 32.3% COVID-19 infection at least once, 16.3% never COVID-19. The socioeconomic status participants was lower than White participants; however, economic impact not worse. Across both groups, 64.4% were employed, 28.8% change tasks or work less, 19.8% stopped working. Fewer (32.6%) (54.8%) always/often felt supported family friends about having COVID. majority (59.1%) reported they did recover from compared 29.7% participants. COVID/COVID-19 experience affected differently, but continue feel impacts.

Language: Английский

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