Post-recovery health domain scores among outpatients by SARS-CoV-2 testing status during the pre-Delta period

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Illness characteristics among participants in the SARS-CoV-2-positive and SARS-CoV-2-negative groups, N (%)

	Positive SARS-CoV-2 result		Negative SARS-CoV-2 result
	N	%	N	%	p-value
N	312	100	266	100
Total number of symptoms, mean (SD)	4.5	1.6	3.8	1.6	< 0.01
Reported symptoms at enrollment
Any respiratory symptom	309	99	242	91	< 0.01
Cough	258	83	201	76	0.03
Loss of taste or smell	202	65	57	21	< 0.01
Shortness of breath	124	40	82	31	0.02
Congestion/runny nose^a	212	86	164	74	< 0.01
Sore throat	157	50	158	59	0.03
Any generalized sign or symptom	300	96	244	92	0.01
Fever or chills	231	74	173	65	0.02
Fatigue	209	67	178	67	0.21
Muscle aches	220	71	140	53	< 0.01
Headache	247	79	182	68	< 0.01
Any gastrointestinal symptom	166	53	126	47	0.15
Nausea/vomiting	84	27	87	33	0.13
Diarrhea	136	44	82	31	< 0.01
Sought subsequent medical care for illness^b	16	6	18	8	0.51
Reported recovery at 1st follow up survey^c	197	80	197	90	< 0.01

SD standard deviation
^aNot assessed in 111 participants including 66 SARS-CoV-2 test-positive participants and 164 SARS-CoV-2 test-negative participants
^bWhether the participant sought medical care for their illness after enrollment as reported at the first follow-up survey. Missing for 41 SARS-CoV-2 test-negative participants and 63 SARS-CoV-2 test-positive participants. Among SARS-CoV-2-positive participants who sought additional care, 3 reported care in emergency department/hospital setting compared to 2 among test-negative participants
^cParticipants who responded “yes” to the question “Have you fully or mostly recovered from your illness?” on the first follow-up survey. Missing for 46 SARS-CoV-2 test-negative participants and 66 SARS-CoV-2 test-positive participants

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