Association between mental illness and COVID-19 susceptibility and clinical outcomes in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence for the associations between mental illness and the likelihood of a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test result and the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 is scarce. We aimed to investigate these associations with data from a national register in South Korea.

Methods

A nationwide cohort study with propensity score matching was done in South Korea using data collected from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service of Korea. We defined mental illness as present if one of the relevant ICD-10 codes was recorded at least twice within 1 year for an outpatient or inpatient. Severe mental illness was considered as non-affective or affective disorders with psychotic features. We included all patients aged older than 20 yea

SUBMITTER: Lee SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498216 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature