Re’em, Yochai;
Stelson, Elisabeth A;
Davis, Hannah E;
McCorkell, Lisa;
Wei, Hannah;
Assaf, Gina;
Akrami, Athena;
(2023)
Factors associated with psychiatric outcomes and coping in Long COVID.
Nature Mental Health
, 1
pp. 361-372.
10.1038/s44220-023-00064-6.
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Abstract
The relationship between Long COVID (LC) and psychiatric outcomes, as well as factors associated with presence and absence of these, has so far been insufficiently studied. Here we evaluated psychiatric symptoms and coping among patients with LC and patients recovered from COVID-19 who participated in a large international survey. Given increased rates of psychiatric illness with chronic medical conditions and known immune-inflammatory contributors to psychiatric disease, we hypothesized that a subset, but not the entirety, of LC respondents may have comorbid psychopathology. A substantial minority of both groups experienced suicidality, depression and anxiety symptoms, with these symptoms being more common in the LC group. LC respondents used more adaptive coping styles. Psychiatric outcomes in LC were associated with younger age, greater reductions in overall health, higher symptom severity, limitations to physical capability, lower income, financial hardship, psychiatric history, employment impact, male sex, men and non-binary gender, and negative experiences with medical professionals, family, friends, partners and employers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Factors associated with psychiatric outcomes and coping in Long COVID |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s44220-023-00064-6 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00064-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Infectious diseases, Psychiatric disorders |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198280 |
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