Table 1 Characteristics of the included references
From: Possible long COVID healthcare pathways: a scoping review
Authors, month/year, reference | Country (institute) | Evidence-base | Funding, CoI | Long COVID definition | Patient population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Living) guidelines | |||||
 Shah et al. 12/2020 [5] | UK (NICE, RCGP, SIGN) | Consensus-based | NR | Symptoms for > 4 weeks after the acute infection | Pts. treated at the hospital & on community level (e.g. at home) |
 04/2021 [10] | UK (NHS) | Consensus-based | NR | ||
 2021 [11] | USA (CDC) | NR | NR | NR | NR |
 Koczulla et al.  7/2021 [7] | GER | Consensus-based | NR | Symptoms for > 4 weeks after the acute infection | Pts. treated at the hospital & on community level (e.g. at home) |
 Rabady et al.  7/2021 [12] | AT | Consensus-based | Funding: NR CoI: None | Symptoms for > 4 weeks after the acute infection | Pts. treated at the hospital (except ICU) & on community level (e.g. at home) |
Reviews | |||||
 03/2021 [2] | UK (NIHR) | Evidence-based | NR | NR | Pts. treated at the hospital & on community level (e.g. at home) |
 Parkin et al.  03/2021 [13] | UK | NR | Funding: Leed Clinical Commissioning Group, University of Lees Medical Research Council Confidence in Concept grant CoI: None | Symptoms for > 4 weeks after the acute infection | |
 Oronsky et al.  2021 [14] | USA | NR | NR | NR | NR |
 Rajan et al.  03/2021 [3] | European countries, e.g. UK, GER, IT, BE | NR | Funding: NIHR, ARC EM, Leicester Biomedical Research Centre CoI: Two authors reported CoI | Symptoms for > 6 weeks after the acute infection | NR |
Expert papers | |||||
Consensus paper | |||||
 Barker-Davis et al. 05/2020 [15] | UK | Consensus-based | Funding: None CoI: None | NR | Active pts. including military personnel & athletes |
Clinical perspectives | |||||
 Greenhalgh et al. 2020 [16] | UK | Consensus-based | Funding: None CoI: None | Symptoms for > 4 weeks after the acute infection | Pts. treated at the hospital and on community level (e.g. at home) |
 Spruit et al.  2020 [17] | NL | Consensus-based | Funding: NR CoI: Three authors reported CoI | Symptoms for 4–12 weeks after the acute infection | Pts. treated at the hospital |
 Halle et al.  2021 [18] | GER | Consensus-based | Funding: NR CoI: None | NR | NR |
 Leo et al.  2020 [19] | GER | Consensus-based | Funding: NR CoI: None | NR | Pts. treated at the hospital and on community level (e.g. outpatient, at home) |