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The data used was abstracted from medical records and collected from a follow-up survey for up to one-year post-hospitalization. Hospitalization data included demographics, comorbidities, and in-hospital complications. The survey collected long-COVID symptoms, and information on general health, social isolation, and loneliness. To perform the analysis, we created a graph by projecting the data onto eight principal components (PCs) and running the K-nearest neighbors algorithm. We then used Louvain\u2019s algorithm to partition this graph into non-overlapping clusters.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The cluster analysis produced four clusters with distinct health and social connectivity patterns. The first cluster (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009141) consisted of patients with both long-COVID neurological symptoms (74%) and social isolation\/loneliness. The second cluster (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009137) consisted of healthy patients who were also more socially connected and not lonely. The third cluster (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200996) contained patients with neurological symptoms who were socially connected but lonely, and the fourth cluster (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200963) consisted entirely of patients who had traumatic COVID hospitalization, were intubated, suffered symptoms, but were socially connected and experienced recovery.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The cluster analysis identified social isolation and loneliness as important features associated with long-COVID symptoms and recovery after hospitalization. It also confirms that social isolation and loneliness, though connected, are not necessarily the same. 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