Risks of mental health outcomes in people with covid-19: cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the risks of incident mental health disorders in survivors of the acute phase of covid-19.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Participants

Cohort comprising 153 848 people who survived the first 30 days of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and two control groups: a contemporary group (n=5 637 840) with no evidence of SARS-CoV-2, and a historical control group (n=5 859 251) that predated the covid-19 pandemic.

Main outcomes measures

Risks of prespecified incident mental health outcomes, calculated as hazard ratio and absolute risk difference per 1000 people at one year, with corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Predefined covariates and algorithmically selected high dimensional covariates were used to balance the

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847881 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature