Integration Stuttgart

Keywords Post-COVID-19 syndrome Long COVID Symptom persistence Population-based cohort Health-related quality of life Introduction As of February 2025, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic resulted in over 777 million confirmed cases worldwide.1 Most infections were relatively mild during the acute phase and did not require medical treatment.2 Besides the acute phase of infection, evidence is accumulating of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms following months...