The sense of loneliness and meaning in life in post-COVID convalescents-a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 epidemic has provided opportunity to study the impact of a well-defined severe illness on the development of a depressive episode and the associated sense of loneliness and lack of meaning in life.

Materials and methods

The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence of a reactive depressive episode, the severity of depression, a sense of loneliness and meaning in life in subjects who approximately a year earlier than the date of the study had suffered from a pulmonary form of SARS-CoV-2 infection with radiologically documented interstitial lesions of the lungs, requiring and not requiring hospitalization compared to people who did not develop the disease as a result of infection with that virus. The study included 63 subjects hospitalized for pul

SUBMITTER: Sipowicz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768000 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature