Frailty is associated with poor mental health 1 year after hospitalisation with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is associated with long-term physical deterioration after COVID-19. Mental health recovery has been less well investigated. Early studies have shown minimal effect from the virus, although studies have not focused on whether people living with frailty may have different psychiatric outcomes. We aimed to examine the effect of living with frailty on mental health outcomes one year after hospital with COVID-19.

Methods

We undertook a multicentre cross-sectional study of people admitted with COVID-19. We assessed quality of life (ICECAP-O and MRC), psychiatric symptoms including: generalised anxiety (GAD-7), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), and trauma (Trauma Screening Questionnaire). Frailty was measured using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). We

SUBMITTER: Braude P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9091159 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature