Symptom prevalence and distress: The
participants reported a number of symptoms from 13
up to 51. The most common of those occurring in all
participants were: fatigue, short of breath, shallow
breathing, exhaustion, mucous congestion, coughing,
worried about getting air, and ‘feeling like I need air’
(100%). Meanwhile, they experienced a high level
of distress in many symptoms, including: finding it
hard to breathe, fatigue, being short of breath, shallow
breathing, and exhaustion. These were rated as the
most distressful symptoms. Symptom prevalence and
distress in ranked order are shown in Table2.