Abstract
Background: As we were alerted by students suffering a chronicle form of COVID19 infection we decided to make an inquiry on the long COVID among students known as being positive to COVID PCR.
Material and Methods: 1349 students known having been positive between August 2020 and July 2021 were asked, through their university emails, to fulfil an internet questionnaire from July 201 to October 2021. They were asked about their initial symptoms, the duration of symptoms, the impact of the disease on daily living activities and Health Related Quality of Life thanks to the SF36.
Results: Only 36.3% provided complete answers to the questionnaire. The prevalence of long COVID was 25.9% (at least 9.4%, considering the maximum bias of non-respondents), and 17.5% were still suffering at the moment of the survey. Women and chronically ill students had more frequently long COVID. We also were able to check the impact of long COVID on daily living activities as well as the important impact on quality of life, mainly on dimensions such as limitations due physical and mental health, and social well-being.
Conclusion: Although students have rarely severe forms of COVID, this disease has impact on their health which is not minor
Citation
Gerbaud L, Auclair CG, Borie C, Odoul J, Chabanas B (2023) Long COVID among French Students: Results of the COVILON Study. SM J Infect Dis 6: 7.