![]() And 26% of those who had gone back to work said they had to work fewer hours or have reduced duties because of their health. Of those who had jobs before their bout with COVID-19, 40% said they couldn't return to work most because of their health and some because they'd lost their job. SEE ALSO: Cardiac Arrest, Poor Survival Rates Common in Sickest Patients with COVID-19 One-third had ongoing COVID-like symptoms, including many who still had problems with taste or smell. Nearly 23% said they became short of breath just climbing a flight of stairs. Twelve percent of the patients said they couldn't carry out basic care for themselves anymore, or as well as before. More than 39% of the patients interviewed said they hadn't gotten back to normal activities yet, two months after leaving the hospital. MORE FROM THE LAB: Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Lasting effects "The mental, financial and physical tolls of this disease among survivors appear substantial." "These data suggest that the burden of COVID-19 extends far beyond the hospital and far beyond health," says Vineet Chopra, M.D., M.Sc., lead author of the study and chief of hospital medicine at Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan's academic medical center. They've published their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine. When researchers interviewed 488 of the surviving patients by phone, around 60 days after their hospitalization, they heard a litany of health and life woes. The data come from more than 1,250 patients treated in 38 hospitals across Michigan this spring and summer, when the state was one of the earliest to experience a peak in cases. ![]() Fifteen percent had ended up back in the hospital. Within two months of leaving the hospital, nearly 7% of the patients had died, including more than 10% of the patients treated in an intensive care unit. But life after the hospital stay – and especially after an intensive care stay – is no bed of roses, either, according to a new study. Surviving a case of COVID-19 that's bad enough to land you in the hospital is hard enough. Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation.Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute.Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics.Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Leadership and Enrichment for Academic Diversity (LEAD).Implicit Bias Training for Community Members.Implicit Bias Training for Michigan Medicine.Health Equity and Quality Scholars Program.Frequently Asked Questions About Sponsorship.About Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).Community Outreach and Engagement Programs. ![]()
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