Psychosocial factors and hospitalisations for COVID-19: Prospective cohort study based on a community sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While certain infectious diseases have been linked to socioeconomic disadvantage, mental health problems, and lower cognitive function, relationships with COVID-19 are either uncertain or untested. Our objective was to examine the association of a range of psychosocial factors with hospitalisation for COVID-19.

Methods

UK Biobank, a prospective cohort study, comprises around half a million people who were aged 40-69 years at study induction between 2006 and 2010 when information on psychosocial factors and covariates were captured. Hospitalisations for COVID-19 were ascertained between 16th March and 26th April 2020.

Results

There were 908 hospitalisations for COVID-19 in an analytical sample of 431,051 England-based study members. In age- and sex-adjusted

SUBMITTER: Batty GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297693 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature