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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mazza, Mario Gennaro
• Palladini, Mariagrazia
• De Lorenzo, Rebecca
• Bravi, Beatrice
• Poletti, Sara
• Furlan, Roberto
• Ciceri, Fabio
• Vai, Benedetta
• Bollettini, Irene
• Melloni, Elisa Maria Teresa
• Mazza, Elena Beatrice
• Aggio, Veronica
• Calesella, Federico
• Paolini, Marco
• Caselani, Elisa
• Colombo, Federica
• D’orsi, Greta
• Di Pasquasio, Camilla
• Fiore, Paola
• Calvisi, Stefania
• Canti, Valentina
• Castellani, Jacopo
• Cilla, Marta
• Cinel, Elena
• Damanti, Sarah
• Ferrante, Marica
• Martinenghi, Sabina
• Santini, Chiara
• Vitali, Giordano
• Rovere-Querini, Patrizia
• Benedetti, Francesco

Titel

One-year mental health outcomes in a cohort of COVID-19 survivors

Ist Teil von

• Journal of psychiatric research, 2022-01, Vol.145, p.118-124

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• COVID-19 survivors are at increased risk of persistent psychopathology after the infection. Despite long-term sequelae are an increasing concern, long-term neuropsychiatric consequences remain largely unclear. This cohort study aimed at investigating the psychopathological impact of COVID-19 in Italy one year after infection, outlining the trajectory of symptomatology at one, six-, and twelve-months follow-up. We evaluated 402, 216, and 192 COVID-19 survivors respectively at one, six, and 12 months. A subgroup of 95 patients was evaluated longitudinally both at one, six, and 12 months. Validated self-report questionnaires were administered to assess depression, fatigue, anxiety, and post-traumatic distress. Socio-demographics and setting of care information were gathered for each participant. At six and twelve months, respectively 94 (44%) and 86 (45%) patients self-rated in the clinical range in at least one psychopathological dimension. Pathological fatigue at twelve months was detected in 63 patients (33%). Considering the longitudinal cohort an interaction effect of sex and time was observed for depression (F = 8.63, p < 0.001) and anxiety (F = 5.42, p = 0.005) with males showing a significant increasing trend of symptoms, whereas an opposite course was observed in females. High prevalence of psychiatric sequelae six and 12 months after COVID-19 was reported for the first time. These findings confirm the need to provide integrated multidisciplinary services to properly address long-lasting mental health sequelae of COVID-19 and to treat them with the aim of reducing the disease burden and related years of life lived with disability.