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Self-reported symptoms, feelings of improvement and ability to return to work allowed us to determine the efficacy of the therapeutic strategy proposed. Results: Unlike what was expected, many post-COVID-19 patients directly contacted the coordination team and had significant pre-existing comorbidities. Despite exercise, respiratory, olfactory rehabilitations, cognition\/speech therapy and\/or psychological support, the more frequent self-reported symptoms (fatigue, neurocognitive disorders, muscles and joint pain) did not resolve. However, dyspnea, anxiety and chest pain were significantly reduced. Finally, 2\/3 of the patients felt some degree of improvement and returned to work either partially or fully, but 1\/3 remained complaining of symptoms and out of work as late as 22 months after COVID occurrence. All patients greatly appreciated the second phone consultation. Conclusions: In such complex situations, besides early and adapted rehabilitations and psychological help allowing better symptom management, relatively simple actions such as a phone call might be very useful to reduce patients\u2019 feelings of abandonment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12030741","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,17]],"date-time":"2023-01-17T05:36:55Z","timestamp":1673933815000},"page":"741","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Two-Years Follow-Up of Symptoms and Return to Work in Complex Post-COVID-19 Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Erika","family":"Van Wambeke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Physiology and Functional Exploration Service, University Hospital of Strasbourg, NHC, 1 Place de l\u2019H\u00f4pital, CEDEX, 67091 Strasbourg, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C\u00e9cile","family":"Bezler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physiology and Functional Exploration Service, University Hospital of Strasbourg, NHC, 1 Place de l\u2019H\u00f4pital, CEDEX, 67091 Strasbourg, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne-Marie","family":"Kasprowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physiology and Functional Exploration Service, University Hospital of Strasbourg, NHC, 1 Place de l\u2019H\u00f4pital, CEDEX, 67091 Strasbourg, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3557-2642","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anne-Laure","family":"Charles","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Team 3072 \u201cMitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscle Protection\u201d, Translational Medicine Federation of Strasbourg (FMTS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, 11 Rue Humann, 67000 Strasbourg, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7914-7616","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emmanuel","family":"Andres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Strasbourg, 1 Place de l\u2019H\u00f4pital, CEDEX, 67091 Strasbourg, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bernard","family":"Geny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physiology and Functional Exploration Service, University Hospital of Strasbourg, NHC, 1 Place de l\u2019H\u00f4pital, CEDEX, 67091 Strasbourg, France"},{"name":"Team 3072 \u201cMitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscle Protection\u201d, Translational Medicine Federation of Strasbourg (FMTS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, 11 Rue Humann, 67000 Strasbourg, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"WHO (2022, November 15). 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