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Recommendations for a voluntary Long COVID Registry

Fern Davies Orcid Logo, Ilora Finlay, Helen Howson, Nicholas Rich Orcid Logo

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume: 115, Issue: 8, Pages: 322 - 324

Swansea University Authors: Fern Davies Orcid Logo, Helen Howson, Nicholas Rich Orcid Logo

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Long COVID has had a profound impact on the lives and health of many people around the globe.1 Estimates of the number of people affected vary, but on the 6th May 2022, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) identified that there were 1.8 million (2.8%) people living in private households in the UK...

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description Long COVID has had a profound impact on the lives and health of many people around the globe.1 Estimates of the number of people affected vary, but on the 6th May 2022, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) identified that there were 1.8 million (2.8%) people living in private households in the UK alone who were experiencing self-reported long COVID symptoms.2 The same data identified that symptoms adversely affect the day-to-day activities of 1.2 million people in the UK.2 However, the long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the subsequent impact on public health are still largely unknown and present a major challenge to health and care systems moving forward. A mechanism to facilitate long-term monitoring of long COVID is therefore essential to support research, service improvement and enhance understanding of the disease as it evolves. In response to this, the aim of this commentary is to outline key recommendations for a voluntary Long COVID Registry in Wales. In this paper, five key recommendations are highlighted that should be considered in the development of a Long COVID Registry. These include: 1) a dual purpose of research and service improvement; 2) experiential co-design with end-users; 3) recruitment of a self-referred population and inclusion of a control group; 4) utilisation of digital infrastructures and 6) a prudent and integrated approach.
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