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ArticleRevista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)2025

Scoping review of the emerging definition of long COVID: implications for future research and clinical practice.

Roxana De Las Salas, Maira De la Asunción, Claudia Vásquez-Soto, Kevin Orta-Visbal, Vanessa Serrano, Elizabeth Villarreal, Sharell Sepúlveda, María José Montalvo, Jose Atilio Nuñez, Juana Borja

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Article in Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Roxana De Las SalasRD: RN. M. Sc. Sciences Pharmacology. Ph. D. Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. rdelassalas@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Department of Nursing Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia rdelassalas@uninorte.edu.co.
Maira De la AsunciónMA: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. amdelaasuncion@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia amdelaasuncion@uninorte.edu.co.
Claudia Vásquez-SotoCV: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Auxiliary Professor, Department of Nursing, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. claudiav@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Department of Nursing Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia claudiav@uninorte.edu.co.
Kevin Orta-VisbalKO: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Auxiliary Professor, Department of Nursing, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. korta@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Department of Nursing Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia korta@uninorte.edu.co.
Vanessa SerranoVS: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Auxiliary Professor, Department of Nursing, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. merinod@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Department of Nursing Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia merinod@uninorte.edu.co.
Elizabeth VillarrealEV: RN. M. Sc. Education. Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. evillare@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Department of Nursing Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia evillare@uninorte.edu.co.
Sharell SepúlvedaSS: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Hospital Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. sharells@uninorte.edu.co Hospital Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia sharells@uninorte.edu.co.
María José MontalvoMM: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Hospital Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. jmmontalvo@uninorte.edu.co Hospital Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia jmmontalvo@uninorte.edu.co.
Jose Atilio NuñezJN: MD. Esp. Internal Medicine. M. Sc. Clinical Epidemiology. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. anunezj@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Department of Medicine Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia anunezj@uninorte.edu.co.
Juana Borja10JB: RN. M. Sc. Nursing. Ph. D. Education. Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla, Colombia. gjuana@uninorte.edu.co Universidad del Norte Universidad del Norte Barranquilla Colombia gjuana@uninorte.edu.co.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Long COVID, Post-COVID19 syndrome and prolonged COVID-19, are concepts classified as the set of signs and symptoms that persist after an acute episode of COVID-19 disease. Objective: To describe what definitions have been published for the term "long COVID". Methods: The PRISMA ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews) was used as a base for a scoping review, as suggested by Joanna Briggs Institute. A search of databases, Medline via PubMed, Embase, SciELO and The Cochrane Library was undertaken. The data registry and synthesis of the results was carried out independently by two reviewers. Results: Following removal of duplicates, 896 articles were retrieved of which 91 met the eligibility principles and 51 of which included a definition. At least four characteristics of the definitions were identified: time or term, organs affected, symptoms and clinical manifestations. Conclusions: The review identified many concepts and definitions of "long COVID". These findings show that there is lack of consensus on the definition of long COVID-19.

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COVID-19Terminology as TopicBiomedical ResearchHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Post-acute COVID-19 syndromeSARS-CoV-2systematic review (source: MeSH, NLM)

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PMID41480252
PMCPMC12755205

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