"The primary outcomes included symptoms (fatigue or muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, hair loss, smell disorder), exercise capacity (distance walked in 6 min), health-related quality of life (pain or discomfort, anxiety or depression, mobility, personal care, and usual activity), lung function, and chest CT pattern at follow-up. The secondary outcomes included extrapulmonary organ function (including eGFR, HbA1c, deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs, and ultrasonographic features of kidney, liver, spleen, and pancreas) and antibody titres and seropositivity."
The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, also found that being female and the severity of illness from the virus were also risk factors for "persistent psychological problems", such as stress and anxiety.
The NHS lists hair loss identified as a long-term symptom of the coronavirus - with women most at risk, study finds.
The authors added that being female and the severity of illness from the virus were also risk factors for "persistent psychological problems," such as stress and anxiety.
The study also looked at long-term extrapulmonary organ manifestations and death during follow-up, with some patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and venous thromboembolic disease - that is, when a blood clot develops form.