Table 3 Multiple regression of demographic and clinical characteristics with the course of the mental component of health-related quality of life after a SARS-CoV-2 infection

Sex

 Male

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 Female

1.75 (0.15; 3.34)

0.03*

Age

 18–53

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 54 and over

3.35 (1.74; 4.96)

< 0.01*

Time

 Q1

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 Q2

0.71 (-0.56; 1.99)

0.28

 Q3

0.42 (-1.04: 1.87)

0.58

Post-COVID condition

 No post-COVID condition

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 Post-COVID condition

-3.78 (-5.29; -2.26)

< 0.01*

Mental HRQoL prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection

0.70 (0.57; 0.83)

< 0.01*

Resilience

0.18 (0.030; 0.32)

0.02*

Migration

 No

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 Yes

-3.78 (-6.72; -0.85)

0.01*

Chronic comorbidities

 None

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 One

-2.28 (-4.31; -0.25)

0.03*

 Two or more

-1.64 (-3.54; 0.25)

0.09