Hospitalization for COVID-19 is associated with a higher risk of subsequent hospitalization for psychiatric disorders: A French nationwide longitudinal study comparing hospitalizations for COVID-19 and for other reasons.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although COVID-19 has been associated with psychiatric symptoms in patients, no study to date has examined the risk of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders after hospitalization for this disease.

Objective

We aimed to compare the proportions of hospitalizations for psychiatric disorders in the 12 months following either hospitalization for COVID-19 or hospitalization for another reason in the adult general population in France during the first wave of the current pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective longitudinal nationwide study based on the national French administrative healthcare database.

Results

Among the 2,894,088 adults hospitalized, 96,313 (3.32%) were admitted for COVID-19. The proportion of patients subsequently hospitalize

SUBMITTER: Decio V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9677447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature