Health and social service provider perspectives on challenges, approaches, and recommendations for treating long COVID: a qualitative study of Canadian provider experiences
Canadian health and social service providers are adopting personalized treatment approaches to address the symptom persistence of long COVID in the face of a considerable knowledge gap. A comprehensive, integrated care pathway is needed to support patients' physical and psychosocial wellbeing while increasing provider preparedness to treat this complex condition.
Authors
- Roslyn Shields
- Natasha Y. Sheikhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0471-4735)
- David R. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-6307)
- Chantal F. Ski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-2933)
- Susan Abbey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8300-8512)
- Stefan M. Kloiber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6838-4114)
- David Jonathan Castle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3075-1580)
- Lisa D. Hawke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1108-9453)
- Susan Lee Rossell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-8252)
- Peter J. Selby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-069X)
- Gillian Strudwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1080-7372)
- Anh Truong Phuong Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-4875)
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- University Health Network (CA)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12590-3
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.17
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research