**5. Conclusions**

This study concluded that there was a high prevalence of persistent symptoms in post-COVID-19 patients. Post-COVID-19 symptoms had no association with age group, gender, presence of any comorbidity, or severity of disease. Healthcare workers need to acknowledge this fact and be aware of the long haulers of COVID-19 so that necessary therapeutic and rehabilitative services can be offered to such groups of patients. Our findings highlight the need for long-term monitoring of COVID-19 patients post convalescence, to understand the implications and consequences of persistent symptoms in the well-being of these apparently recovered COVID-19 patients.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, A.B.; methodology, R.N.; software, B.S.; validation, A.B., R.N.; formal analysis, K.M; investigation, S.S.; resources, R.N. and J.N.; data curation, B.S. and K.M.; writing—original draft preparation, R.N.; writing—review and editing, A.B.; visualization, J.N. and S.S.; supervision, B.S.C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethical Review Board of Nepal Health Research Council (Reference number: 2235/date of approval 23-02-2021).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Written informed consent has been obtained from the patients to publish this paper.

**Data Availability Statement:** The datasets supporting the conclusions have been included in this article. Source data can be made available on request by the corresponding author.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
