Medical Xpress December 26, 2024
The prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) was 8.4 percent among U.S. adults in 2023, according to a research letter published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Network Open.
Anjel Vahratian, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues described the prevalence of PCC (ever and current) and self-reported limitations of activity due to symptoms of PCC using data from the 2023 National Health Interview Survey adult interview.
Among 29,522 respondents in 2023, 8.4, 3.6, and 2.3 percent reported that they had ever had PCC, currently had PCC, and currently had activity-limiting PCC, respectively. The researchers found that across all...