A quantitative and qualitative study on the neuropsychiatric sequelae of acutely ill COVID-19 inpatients in isolation facilities

This study examined the neuropsychiatric sequelae of acutely ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection who received treatment in hospital isolation wards during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten COVID-19 patients who received treatment in various hospitals in Chongqing, China; 10 age- and gender-matched psychiatric patients; and 10 healthy control participants residing in the same city were recruited. All participants completed a survey that collected information on demographic data, physical symptoms in the past 14 days and psychological parameters. Face-to-face interviews with COVID-19 patients were also performed using semi-structured questions. Among the COVID-19 patients, 40% had abnormal findings on the chest computed topography scan, 20% had dysosmia, 10% had dysgeusia, and 80% had repeated positivity on COVID-19 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction testing. COVID-19 and psychiatric patients were significantly more worried about their health than healthy controls (p = 0.019). A greater proportion of COVID-19 patients experienced impulsivity (p = 0.016) and insomnia (p = 0.039) than psychiatric patients and healthy controls. COVID-19 patients reported a higher psychological impact of the outbreak than psychiatric patients and healthy controls, with half of them having clinically significant symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. COVID-19 and psychiatric patients had higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress than healthy controls. Three themes emerged from the interviews with COVID-19 patients: (i) The emotions experienced by patients after COVID-19 infection (i.e., shock, fear, despair, hope, and boredom); (ii) the external factors that affected patients' mood (i.e., discrimination, medical expenses, care by healthcare workers); and (iii) coping and self-help behavior (i.e., distraction, problem-solving and online support). The future direction in COVID-19 management involves the development of a holistic inpatient service to promote immune and psychological resilience.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Translational psychiatry - 10(2020), 1 vom: 19. Okt., Seite 355

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hao, Fengyi [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Wilson [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Wanqiu [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xiaojiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xinling [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Yiran [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yirong [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Xi [VerfasserIn]
McIntyre, Roger S [VerfasserIn]
Quek, Travis [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Bach Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhisong [VerfasserIn]
Pham, Hai Quang [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Cyrus S H [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Roger C M [VerfasserIn]

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Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.11.2020

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41398-020-01039-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316470570