Associations between psychiatric disorders, COVID-19 testing probability and COVID-19 testing results: findings from a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many psychiatrists are worried their patients, at increased risk for COVID-19 complications, are precluded from receiving appropriate testing. There is a lack of epidemiological data on the associations between psychiatric disorders and COVID-19 testing rates and testing outcomes.

Aims

To compare COVID-19 testing probability and results among individuals with psychiatric disorders with those without such diagnoses, and to examine the associations between testing probability and results and psychiatric diagnoses.

Method

This is a population-based study to perform association analyses of psychiatric disorder diagnoses with COVID-19 testing probability and such test results, by using two-sided Fisher exact tests and logistic regression. The population were UK

SUBMITTER: van der Meer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7417998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature