TY - JOUR AU - Islam, Md Khairul AU - Hossain, Mohammad Murad AU - Hossain, Md Monowar AU - Sharif, Md Mohiuddin AU - Hossain, Fahima Sharmin AU - Amin, Md Robed AU - Rahman, Md Ridwanur PY - 2021/12/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Persistence of Fatigue among COVID-19 Survivors in Bangladesh: A Two-month after Follow-up Study JF - Bangladesh Journal of Medicine JA - Bangla J Med VL - 33 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3329/bjm.v33i1.56791 UR - https://banglajol.info/index.php/BJMED/article/view/56791 SP - 57-63 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>A limited number of studies have exclusively assessed fatigue among post-COVID patients. Our study aimed to assess the persistence and associations of fatigue among COVID-19 survivors after two months of recovery from their primary illness.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>During hospital admission from August to September, 2020, a total of 400 patients were diagnosed to be suffering from fatigue using Chalder fatigue scale. After obtaining informed written consent, patients were followed up two months later over telephone. A total of 332 participants participated in the interview (63 patients could not be traced and another 5 patient died within two months). Patients were asked to categorize their present fatigue condition based on a simplified questionnaire developed for telephone interview.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among study participants, 62.9% (n=207) were found to be still suffering from fatigue two months after their hospital discharge. A significant association of fatigue was found with age (p=0.000), hypertension (RR: 1.51; CI: 1.15-1.99; p=0.002), diabetes mellitus (RR: 1.45; CI: 1.08-1.95; p=0.010), ischemic heart disease (RR: 2.04; CI: 1.15-3.64; p=0.011), on admission SpO2 (p=0.000), on admission serum ferritin (p=0.000), d-dimer (p=0.000), CRP (p=0.000), and Hb% (p=0.019). Binary logistic regression model revealed significant association of age and onadmission SpO2 with persistence of fatigue.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Fatigue is a highly prevalent symptom among the COVID-19 survivors with significant association between fatigue and patients clinical and laboratory markers. Bangladesh J Medicine July 2022; 33(1) : 57-63</p> ER -