95% of surveyed UK adults living with Long Covid report experiencing stigma about their condition at least sometimes, in study to help establish Long Covid Stigma Scale

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277317

Article Title: Long Covid stigma: Estimating burden and validating scale in a UK-based sample

Author Countries: UK, Australia

Funding: The study received no specific funding.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0277317

Long Covid stigma: Estimating burden and validating scale in a UK-based sample

23-Nov-2022

Competing Interests: NAA and MP are co-investigators on the NIHR-funded STIMULATE ICP study (https://www.stimulate-icp.org). NAA is a co-investigator on the HI-COVE study (https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/hicovestudy) and has contributed in an advisory capacity to WHO and the EU Commission’s Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in health meetings in relation to post-COVID-19 condition. MB is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (Investigator Grant 1173043). NZ is supported by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex. The views expressed are those of the authors’ and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.