AlBahrani, SalmaAlBarrak, AliAlGubaisi, NawalAlkurdi, HamoudAlburaiki, DaliaAlGhamdi, AbdulrahamanAlOthaiqy, MohammedTayeb, SarahTayeb, NesreenAbdraboh, SalimahKhairi, AmaniAlshareef, LujainAlHarbi, AsmaAlRabeeah, SaadAlqahtani, Abdullah S.Alqahtani, Jaber S.Hakami, Fatimah HassanAl-Maqati, Thekra N.Alkhrashi, Sausan AbdulrahmanAlmershad, Meshael MusaedAlAbbadi, AsmaaHakami, Mariam HassanFaqihi, OsamaAltawfiq, Kauthar Jaffar A.Jebakumar, Arulanantham ZachariahAl-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.2024-01-262024-01-262023AlBahrani S, AlBarrak A, AlGubaisi N, et al. Self-reported long COVID-19 symptoms are rare among vaccinated healthcare workers. J Infect Public Health. 2023;16(8):1276-1280. doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.037https://hdl.handle.net/1805/38229Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected healthcare workers (HCWs). Here, we evaluate the occurence of long-COVID-19 symtoms among HCWs. Methods: This is a questionnaire-based study of HCWs who had COVID-19 in two medical centers in Saudi Arabia and were mostly vaccinated. Results: The study included 243 HCWs with a mean age (+ SD) of 36.1 (+ 7.6) years. Of them, 223 (91.8%) had three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 12 (4.9%) had four doses, and 5 (2.1%) had two doses. The most common symptoms at the start of the illness were cough (180, 74.1%), shortness of breath (124, 51%), muscle ache (117, 48.1%), headache (113, 46.5%), sore throat (111, 45.7%), diarrhea (109, 44.9%) and loss of taste (108, 44.4%). Symptoms lasted for< one week in 117 (48.1%),> one week and< 1 month in 89 (36.6%),> 2 months and< 3 months in 9 (3.7%), and> 3 months in 15 (6.2%). The main symptoms present> 3 months were hair loss (8, 3.3%), cough (5, 2.1%), and diarrhea (5, 2.1%). A binomial regression analysis showed no relationship between persistence of symptoms for> 3 months and other demographic or clinical symptoms characteristics. Conclusion: The study showed a low rate of the occurence of long-COVID> 3 months during the Omicron-wave among mostly vaccinated HCWs with no significant comorbidities. Furhter studies are needed to examine the effect of different vaccines on long-COVID-19 among HCWs.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Long-COVIDPost-COVIDHealthcare workersArticle