Pre-pandemic care-seeking patterns and subsequent diagnoses of post-COVID condition, post viral fatigue syndrome, and exhaustion disorder: a registry-based cohort study of 208,050 Swedish women
Pre-pandemic symptom-based primary-care visits were strongly associated with higher risk of PCC, PVFS, and ED in a dose-dependent way, but modest discrimination underscores heterogeneous individual risk. Patterns suggest other influences alongside biological susceptibility.
Authors
- Agnes af Geijerstam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0897-6548)
- F Nyberg
- Maria Åberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-1061)
- Kirsten Mehlig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-0734)
- Lauren Lissner
- Annika Rosengren
- Ailiana Santosa
Institutions
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
- Region Västra Götaland (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2025.2611886
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00