COVID-19, Pain, Chronic
Conditions
Keywords
Covid-19, Coronavirus, Chronic Pain, Persistant pain, Long Covid, SARS-CoV-2
Brief summary
The exploratory project aims to investigate the presence of pain as a long Covid-19 symptom in previously hospitalised patients and in non-hospitalised persons previously tested positive in a PCR test.
Detailed description
The main objectives investigated will be to determine the general prevalence of pain symptoms In Covid-19 survivors, correlating and analysing the role of previously comorbidities in the development of pain symptom in Covid-19 survivors, and to understand the prevalence of pain related long Covid-19 symptoms for future characterisations. Hence, the projects main outcome will be to try to understand why som Covid-19 survivors develop persistant pain and others don't. Furthermore, the project plan to analyse gender and age differences, and data between Covid-19 waves as well as any possible association between pain prevalence and time after positive PCR-test.
Interventions
OTHERQuestionnaire and register-based data assessment
Primary data will be collected via a generic questionnaire from the two groups. Secondary data will consist of register-based socio-economic data and medical charts data collected from the Danish Health Data Authority and Denmark' Statistics.
Sponsors
Aalborg University
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus
Exclusion criteria
* Participants under the age of 18 * Hidden/secret address/name * No access to digital mail (the channel of data collection)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Persistent pain in Covid-19 survivors | Above six months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection | Detection of possible differences in Covid-19 survivors with or without persistent pain after a SARS-CoV-2 infection as collected via questionnaire data |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The role of comorbidities in the development of persistent pain in Covid-19 survivors | Above six months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection | Register-based medical charts from hospitalization correlated with self-reported pain from the questionnaire data |
| The role of comorbidities in the development of persistent pain in Covid-19 survivors II | Above six months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection | Register-based data about positive PCR-test correlated with self-reported pain from the questionnaire data |
| The role of socio-economic impact on the development of persistent pain in Covid-19 survivors | Above six months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection | Register-based data of socio-economic variables that could influence self-rated perception of pain |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed