LONG TERM IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MENTAL HEALTH: A TUNISIAN STUDY
| Autor: | N. Bouattour, M. Turki, W. Bouaziz, M. Abdelkefi, R. Jbir, S. Ellouze, S. Msaad, S. Kammoun, N. Halouani, J. Aloulou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | European Psychiatry, Vol 66, Pp S801-S801 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0924-9338 1778-3585 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1695 |
| Popis: | Introduction Patients with long COVID experience a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms. Mental health disturbances include cognitive impairment, memory loss, anxiety, depression sleep disorders… Objectives We aimed to determine to assess mental repercussions in long COVID, especially sleep disturbances and depression. Methods This is a prospective cohort study including 84 adults Tunisian COVID 19 inpatients who had been discharged alive from hospital. Each enrolled patient was asked about the period before SARS COV2 related hospital stay, and the 6-9 month-period after hospital discharge, using the validated Arabic version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). Results The mean age of patients was 57,59 ± 12,84 years with a sex ratio (H/F) 1,2. As compared with baseline, all assessed outcomes (ISI and PHQ) significantly impaired after the covid-19 infection (p |
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