Publication date: Mar 01, 2025
We examined shifts in labor productivity and their economic ramifications among adult patients with long COVID in Japan. A total of 396 patients were categorized into three groups based on symptom progression: non-long COVID, long COVID recovered, and long COVID persistent. Patient-reported outcomes were assessed at three time intervals: 3, 6, and 12 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. Labor productivity was gauged through presenteeism and absenteeism, measured using the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Long COVID was observed in 52. 7% of patients, and 29. 3% of all the patients continued to experience long COVID symptoms 1 year after diagnosis. At all three time points (3, 6, and 12 months after diagnosis), the long COVID persistent group showed a statistically significant difference in absolute presenteeism compared with the non-long COVID and long COVID recovered groups (P
Concepts | Keywords |
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Absenteeism | Absenteeism |
Covid | Economic impact |
Japan | Labor productivity |
Months | Long COVID |
Socioeconomic | Presenteeism |
Semantics
Type | Source | Name |
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disease | MESH | long COVID |
disease | IDO | symptom |
disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
disease | MESH | Work Performance |