Publication date: Jul 07, 2026
We aimed to test associations of participant-reported Long COVID symptom interference with life activities with Long COVID symptoms, presence of U09. 9 Long COVID diagnosis code, demographics, and clinical factors. In a subgroup, we documented coding related to Long COVID and post-exertional malaise in the electronic medical record (EMR). Using a cross-sectional analysis (n = 205) of participant data from a Long COVID survey, we tested associations with Chi-square, Fisher’s exact, or Fisher-Freeman-Halton exact statistical tests and Independent Samples T-tests. Participants were predominately female (67%) with a mean age of 50. 9 years. Participants were White (50. 0%), African American (47. 5%), and Asian (2. 5%); 1. 5% reported Hispanic ethnicity. 41% of participants reported high Long COVID symptom interference with life activities. Participants who were older (p=. 028), were female (p=. 002), were obese (p=. 049), had worse general health (p
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Covid | Medical records |
| Hispanic | Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome |
| Sociodemographic | Post-exertional malaise |
| White | Symptom burden |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | long COVID |
| disease | MESH | Infectious Diseases |
| disease | MESH | Dis |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| disease | MESH | included |
| disease | MESH | Park |