Mortality among inpatients with bipolar disorders and COVID-19: a propensity score matching analysis in a national French cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It remains unknown whether coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with bipolar disorders (BDs) are at an increased risk of mortality. We aimed to establish whether health outcomes and care differed between patients infected with COVID-19 with BD and patients without a diagnosis of severe mental illness.

Methods

We conducted a population-based cohort study of all patients with identified COVID-19 and respiratory symptoms who were hospitalized in France between February and June 2020. The outcomes were in-hospital mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. We used propensity score matching to control for confounding factors.

Results

In total, 50 407 patients were included, of whom 480 were patients with BD. Patients with BD were 2 years older, m

SUBMITTER: Fond G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438351 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature