About the Authors

Marija Pantelic

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

M.Pantelic@bsms.ac.uk (MP); N.A.Alwan@soton.ac.uk (NAA)

Affiliations Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nida Ziauddeen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton, United Kingdom

Mark Boyes

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, Curtin enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Margaret E. O’Hara

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Patient contributor, Long Covid Support https://www.longcovid.org

Claire Hastie

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Patient contributor, Long Covid Support https://www.longcovid.org

Nisreen A. Alwan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

M.Pantelic@bsms.ac.uk (MP); N.A.Alwan@soton.ac.uk (NAA)

Affiliations School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom

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.