Friday, February 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Based on online publication on February 15 at JAMA Network Open.
Roy H. Perlis, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues compared unemployment rates among individuals who developed or did not develop PCC after acute infection. The analysis included responses from 15,308 participants (ages 18 to 69) across eight rounds of an Internet-based survey in all 50 U.S. states who had tested positive for COVID-19 at least two months earlier. 19.
The researchers found that 14.6 percent of respondents reported symptoms of PCC, and of these, 45.9 percent reported brain fog or impaired memory. Individuals reporting PCC (12.3%) had a higher unemployment rate than those without PCC (8.7%). Likewise, fewer respondents with a PCC reported working full time (45.5%) than those without a PCC (55.2%). When retired respondents were excluded, the presence of a PCC was associated with a lower likelihood of being employed full-time (adjusted odds ratio, 0.84) and a higher likelihood of being unemployed (adjusted odds ratio, 1.23). Reporting any cognitive symptoms was associated with a lower likelihood of working full time (adjusted odds ratio, 0.75).
“These results underscore the importance of developing strategies for the treatment and management of PCC symptoms,” the authors wrote.
One author disclosed financial ties to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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