Mental health and risk of death and hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. Results from a large-scale population-based study in Spain.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for health care systems globally. This study aimed to explore the presence of mental illness in a Spanish cohort of COVID-19-infected population and to evaluate the association between the presence of specific mental health conditions and the risk of death and hospitalization. This is a retrospective cohort study including all individuals with confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 from the PRECOVID (Prediction in COVID-19) Study (Aragon, Spain). Mental health illness was defined as the presence of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, anxiety, cognitive disorders, depression and mood disorders, substance abuse, and personality and eating disorders. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine the likelihood of 3

SUBMITTER: Moreno-Juste A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10861053 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature