Association of psychiatric disorders with clinical diagnosis of long COVID in US veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric disorders may be a risk factor for long COVID, broadly defined as COVID-19 conditions continuing three months post-acute infection. In US Veterans with high psychiatric burden, we examined associations between psychiatric disorders and clinical diagnosis of long COVID.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using health records from VA patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test from February 2020 to February 2023. Generalized linear models estimated associations between any psychiatric disorder and likelihood of subsequent diagnosis with long COVID (i.e. two or more long COVID clinical codes). Models were adjusted for socio-demographic, medical, and behavioral factors. Secondary models examined individual psychiatric disorders and age-stratifi

SUBMITTER: Nishimi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11345858 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature