The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with severe mental illness: An interrupted time-series study in South-East England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deterioration in general population mental health since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been reported, but the impact of the pandemic on people with severe mental illness (SMI) has received less attention.

Aims

To understand the impact of the early stages of the pandemic on the patients with SMI, in terms of provision of mental health care and patient outcomes.

Method

We examined records of 34,446 patients with SMI in Oxford Health Foundation Trust between March 2016 and July 2020. We used interrupted time-series analysis to estimate the immediate and subsequent changes in weekly rates of the use of community mental health services, hospitalization, and patient outcomes (as measured by Health of the Nation Outcome Scales, or HoNOS, scores) during the

SUBMITTER: Penington E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9228594 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature