Persistence of Symptoms After Improvement of Acute COVID19 Infection in Sohag Governorate, Egypt, A Longitudinal Study

About one hundred patients who were test positive for SARS-CoV2 and were improved and discharged from Sohag isolation hospitals and isolation department for COVID19 in Sohag University hospitals during the period from 15th May, 2020 to 25th July, 2020 will be included in our study. Patient improvement and discharge criteria include 10 day from symptoms onset in addition to 3 day free of fever and respiratory symptoms.

Patients with severe complex illness, pregnant or lactating females and patient who refuse to participate or give complete detailed history will be excluded from the study.

The study protocol will be approved by the scientific Research Ethical committee, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University A control group of healthy volunteer who were age and sex matched to our patient were included

After taken informed consent according to Sohag University Ethical Committee, the baseline data will be collected from Sohag isolation hospital of COVID19, then the researchers will perform interviews with all participants through mobile phone. The interview will include:

• Name (Optional)
• Age
• Sex
• Occupation
• Presence of DM, HTN or any chronic illness
• Asking about Smoking
• The date of catching COVID19 infection
• Asking about symptoms of COVID19 infection and duration of each symptom.
• Asking about any residual symptoms as: Fatigue, Myalgia, Arthralgia, Chest pain, Dyspnea, Dry cough, Productive cough, Sore Throat, Anosmia, Loss of taste sensation, Nausea, Anorexia, Diarrhea, Redness of the eye, Headache, Confusion and Depression