Psychological burden in patients with COVID-19 and their relatives 90 days after hospitalization: A prospective observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

COVID-19 causes psychological distress for patients and their relatives at short term. However, little research addressed the longer-term psychological outcomes in this population. Therefore, we aimed to prospectively assess clinically relevant psychological distress in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and their relatives 90 days after hospital discharge.

Methods

This exploratory, prospective, observational cohort study included consecutive adult patients hospitalized in two Swiss tertiary-care hospitals between March and June 2020 for confirmed COVID-19 and their relatives. The primary outcome was psychological distress defined as clinically relevant symptoms of anxiety and/or depression measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 90 days aft

SUBMITTER: Vincent A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132501 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature