We’ve published new analysis of the impacts that long COVID has on adults in Great Britain.
6.2% of adults may have experienced long COVID since the start of the pandemic. This includes 3.6% who said they had and 2.6% who said they were unsure ow.ly/S2mm50FAmeY
People who may have experienced long COVID said it negatively affected their lives:
▪️ 57% said it affected their general well-being
▪️ 39% said it affected their exercise
▪️ 30% said it affected their work
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Among people who may have had long COVID, all measures of personal well-being were worse than for people who hadn’t had #COVID19 at all, including higher anxiety and lower life satisfaction and happiness ow.ly/BmYC50FAmlm
People who reported experiencing long COVID also more often reported mental health difficulties than people who’d not had #COVID19:
▪️ moderate to severe depressive symptoms (30% compared with 16%)
▪️ some form of anxiety (25% compared with 15%)
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Nearly a quarter (22%) of people affected by long COVID said their household finances had been affected by the pandemic, compared with 13% of people who hadn’t had #COVID19 at all ow.ly/PSmJ50FAmt5
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