PREVALENCE OF LONG-TERM PSYCHIATRIC COMPLICATIONS IN COVID-19 SURVIVORS
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COVID-19, patients, psychiatric complications, mental health, depression, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia
Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has a significant impact on mental health. The frequency of psychiatric disorders among recovered COVID-19 patients and its related variables are not well understood, despite reports of these issues in the general community and among healthcare professionals.
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric complications and to assess the effect of Covid-19 on the mental health and sleep of COVID-19 survivors.
Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional study at a large COVID-19 tertiary reference center. 183 Patients surviving COVID-19 who had been admitted for their symptomatology with PCR- confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were included in the study. Psychiatric complications were assessed using standardized screening tools for depression (PHQ- 9) and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). For Stress and adjustment disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was used. Sleep disorders were assessed by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI-7).
Results: Amongst the 183 patients included, a total of 157 (85%) had experienced psychiatric complications, 103(56.2%) endorsed symptoms of anxiety,104 (56%) of depression,79(43%) stress, 157(85%) had sleep problems. The psychiatric complications in Covid-19 survivors revealed a sample mean score of 1.54 (SD =0.5). Psychiatric symptoms were more commonly reported in female patients than in male patients. It was discovered that the existence of sleep or stress issues did not substantially correspond with age, comorbidities, or disease severity. In comparison to patients of various ages, older patients made up a considerably greater percentage of those with psychopathological symptoms.
Conclusion: According to the results of the current study, the Prevalence of these psychiatric complications was very high. COVID-19 survivors had symptoms of anxiety, sadness, Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder, and sleep-related issues. These findings may aid in minimizing COVID-19's negative effects on mental health and in developing effective mental health intervention strategies for people who are at risk.
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Imran Khawaja
Senior Registrar Department of Internal Medicine, Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan
Shakeel Ahmad Awan
Specialty Registrar Acute Medicine, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, NHS Foundation Trust
Muhammad Babar
Clinical fellow, Heartlands Hospital Birmingham UHB NHS Foundation Trust
Dinesh Roy Pujala
NRI Medical College and General Hospital, Guntur, India
Masroor Azam
Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine, Dianna Princess of Wales Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Muhammad Owais Khalil
IMT Chesterfield Royal Hospital