Abstract

This study investigated long COVID of patients in the Montefiore Health System COVID-19 (CORE) Clinics in the Bronx with an emphasis on identifying health related social needs (HRSNs). We analyzed a cohort of 643 CORE patients (6/26/2020–2/24/2023) and 52,089 non-CORE COVID-19 patients. Outcomes included symptoms, physical, emotional, and cognitive function test scores obtained at least three months post-infection. Socioeconomic variables included median incomes, insurance status, and HRSNs. The CORE cohort was older age (53.38 ± 14.50 vs. 45.91 ± 23.79 years old, p < 0.001), more female (72.47% vs. 56.86%, p < 0.001), had higher prevalence of hypertension (45.88% vs. 23.28%, p < 0.001), diabetes (22.86% vs. 13.83%, p < 0.001), COPD (7.15% vs. 2.28%, p < 0.001), asthma (25.51% vs. 12.66%, p < 0.001), lower incomes (53.81% vs. 43.67%, 1st quintile, p < 0.001), and more unmet social needs (29.81% vs. 18.49%, p < 0.001) compared to non-CORE COVID-19 survivors. CORE patients reported a wide range of severe long-COVID symptoms. CORE patients with unmet HRSNs experienced more severe symptoms, worse ESAS-r scores (tiredness, wellbeing, shortness of breath, and pain), PHQ-9 scores (12.5 (6, 17.75) vs. 7 (2, 12), p < 0.001), and GAD-7 scores (8.5 (3, 15) vs. 4 (0, 9), p < 0.001) compared to CORE patients without. Patients with unmet HRSNs experienced worse long-COVID outcomes compared to those without.

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Title
Patients with unmet social needs are at higher risks of developing severe long COVID-19 symptoms and neuropsychiatric sequela
Author
Eligulashvili, Anna 1 ; Darrell, Megan 1 ; Gordon, Moshe 1 ; Jerome, William 1 ; Fiori, Kevin P. 2 ; Congdon, Seth 3 ; Duong, Tim Q. 1 

 Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Bronx, USA (GRID:grid.251993.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 1997) 
 Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx, USA (GRID:grid.251993.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 1997) 
 Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, USA (GRID:grid.251993.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 1997) 
Pages
7743
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3030939952
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.