Risk of severe COVID-19 infection in individuals with severe mental disorders, substance use disorders, and common mental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the risk of severe COVID-19 in individuals with severe mental disorders, substance use disorders, and common mental disorders in the total adult population of Region Stockholm (N = 1,516,270), and to explore possible underlying mechanisms to the increased risk.

Methods

In this prospective cohort study, we examined the risk of hospitalization and treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) with COVID-19, and death from COVID-19 for individuals with mental disorders. Associations were step by step adjusted for (1) sociodemographic/economic factors, (2) indicators of virus exposure, (3) somatic conditions, and (4) psychopharmacological treatment.

Results

In model 1 (adjusted for age, sex and living in a care home for elderly people), people with a men

SUBMITTER: Sorberg Wallin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863313 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature