Challenging Long COVID: Unveiling the Hidden Medical Condition
Researchers have identified significant issues in long COVID studies, including broad definitions and a lack of proper comparison groups, leading to distorted risks and consequences such as increased public anxiety and misdiagnoses. They stress the need for better-matched control groups and improved research standards, including more stringent criteria for defining long COVID. The researchers suggest replacing the term 'long COVID' with more specific terminology to accurately address different aftereffects and improve outcomes.