Extract
During previous severe coronavirus outbreaks, 15% of survivors suffered from depression and 33% from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a mean follow-up of 22.6 and 32.2 months, respectively [1]. A recent systematic review identified that whilst physical symptoms receive most attention, the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon mental health may be equally important [2]. One meta-analysis estimated the prevalence of depression and PTSD in the general public during this pandemic at 24% and 15%, respectively [3]. In adults with pre-existing asthma and COPD, the prevalence of depression and PTSD was 31.5% and 11.3%, respectively [4]. For patients with acute COVID-19 infection, this increased to 42% for depression and 96% for symptoms consistent with PTSD [3].
Abstract
Adults discharged from hospital with COVID-19 may experience “Long COVID”, where mental health symptoms are significant and linked to physical symptoms such as breathlessness. Clinicians should use brief screening questionnaires to support their recovery. https://bit.ly/3d22SJM
Footnotes
Conflict of Interest: S.B. Naidu has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A.J. Shah has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A. Saigal has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: C. Smith reports grants from ViiV Healthcare and personal fees for development of educational presentations from Gilead Sciences Ltd, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: S.E. Brill has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: J. Goldring has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: J.R. Hurst reports grants, personal fees for educational and advisory work, and non-financial support to attend meetings from pharmaceutical companies that make medicines to treat respiratory disease, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: H. Jarvis has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: M. Lipman has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: S. Mandal has nothing to disclose.
- Received November 30, 2020.
- Accepted February 9, 2021.
- Copyright ©The authors 2021.
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