80 Percent of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Have Symptoms for Months, Study Says The analysis, which observed 143 people in Italy, can be found in the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'
All of the subjects, whose average age was 57, had been hospitalized.
Their health conditions were observed an average of two months after first experiencing symptoms. Just 13 percent said they had zero coronavirus-related issues.
Signs of acute coronavirus were not present either.
Joint pain was a problem for almost one-third, while half said they still had fatigue.
Shortness of breath and chest pain were also reported, at 43 percent and 22 percent, respectively.
The study also says that three or more continuing symptoms were in half of the subjects.
While hospitalized, indications of interstitial pneumonia reported being in nearly three quarters.
Forty-four percent now say their quality of life is worse than before they contracted COVID-19.
