Duration of Illness Survey

... for those with "long-term" COVID-19.

This survey has one goal: to update prior results for Length of Illness for those with "long-term" COVID-19. Those results were part of a quite complete questionnaire whose results can be found at LTCOVID.com

When I last studied this in late 2020, that duration averaged about 6.5 months. That figure is now obsolete for those who have not recovered completely. Our goal is to update that earlier result with this 3 minute survey.

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* 1. Enter the date when your illness began

If you know the exact date, enter it.

If you know the year and month only but not the day/date, we will use the mid-month date of the 15th in making calculations.
So if that is the case for you, enter for example:
15 March 2020.

If closer to the start or end of the month than the 15th, enter another day/date you think is closer than the 15th.

Date

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* 2. Let’s confirm the year your illness began: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

(Some respondents had to write back to correct their 1st choice for the year. The year 2022 is an understandable mistake given that it's the current year. And as a start date, is of course still quite possible. Please just double-check and confirm below, even if you find this a little silly).

2019

2020

2021

2022

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* 3. If your COVID-19 illness is still present enter below today’s date in the provided day month year format.

Today's date is:

Date

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* 4. If you had “long-term” COVID-19 but are now “over it,” enter a date when you feel it ended using day, month, year format below. If not a specific day/date, enter the 15th of the month as explained above.

That date will be used to calculate your Duration of Illness.

Date "long-term" COVID-19 symptoms & findings ended:

Date

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* 5. The terms “over it,” and “ended” in question 4 above imply that you have returned to your “pre-COVID-19” state of health.

Is that so? Choose 1 of the following:

Yes, health quite like before.

Mostly back to normal

While I prefer to say “over it,” a few mild symptoms remain.

(I am in the “not over it yet” group)

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* 6. If you are still not over “long-term” COVID-19 select the most accurate summary statement for you:

Really little or no progress since the start: persistent misery.

Better at times, but have had one or more relapses to a more symptomatic state.

Now mostly better and I remain hopeful to stay that way: 80+ percent recovered as of now.

None of the above

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* 7. Pick the best answer for you:

A) I feel like my illness made me get prematurely much older. I feel that my symptoms and findings are or have been, what I’ve heard older people chronically complaining about.

B) there is some truth in that, but “premature aging” is not the right idiom for what I’ve been living with “long-term” COVID-19.

C) No. I can’t agree at all, to this “premature aging” hypothesis that this question introduces.

D) I prefer not to answer.

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Estimate how much you have been able to get back to pre-illness levels of work and daily activity:

0-10% of previous activity

11-25% of previous

26-50% of previous

51-75% of previous

76-80% of previous

81-100% of previous activity

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* 9. For any follow-ups and updates (but no spam!)

Name, Initials or a Pseudonym

Email Address

Thanks again!

Your replies should provide a useful Duration of Illness estimate both for those who are still caught in “long-term” COVID-19, as well as for those who are now thankfully over it.

Check in from time to time at StudyLTCovid.com to see the results. How your responses fit in to current work is detailed there.

At the start I said this survey has one goal. But there is a 2nd, and that is to share its results openly, and first of course with you and other respondents.

Those will be placed on the above site, but also on the Facebook Group where many respondents first participated.

If needed, you can always get back to us at 'data@StudyLTCovid.com '.

Duration of Illness Survey

... for those with "long-term" COVID-19.

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* 1. Enter the date when your illness began

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* 3. If your COVID-19 illness is still present enter below today’s date in the provided day month year format.

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* 4. If you had “long-term” COVID-19 but are now “over it,” enter a date when you feel it ended using day, month, year format below. If not a specific day/date, enter the 15th of the month as explained above.That date will be used to calculate your Duration of Illness.

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* 5. The terms “over it,” and “ended” in question 4 above imply that you have returned to your “pre-COVID-19” state of health.Is that so? Choose 1 of the following:

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* 6. If you are still not over “long-term” COVID-19 select the most accurate summary statement for you:

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* 7. Pick the best answer for you:

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* 8. Estimate how much you have been able to get back to pre-illness levels of work and daily activity:

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* 9. For any follow-ups and updates (but no spam!)

* 4. If you had “long-term” COVID-19 but are now “over it,” enter a date when you feel it ended using day, month, year format below. If not a specific day/date, enter the 15th of the month as explained above.

That date will be used to calculate your Duration of Illness.

* 5. The terms “over it,” and “ended” in question 4 above imply that you have returned to your “pre-COVID-19” state of health.

Is that so? Choose 1 of the following: