Psychological distress in post COVID-19 patients

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2021

BMC Psychiatry

Background In addition to physical problems, patients with COVID-19 suffer from considerable stress throughout the disease crisis. It is important to address mental health needs and not to ignore the psychological dimension in this group of patients. In this regard, the first practical step is to have a clear understanding of patients’ psychological issues. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the psychological disturbances of COVID-19 survivors throughout the disease crisis. Method This qualitative study was conducted using a phenomenological approach through 14 individual semi-structured in-depth interviews with patients recovered from COVID-19. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Results Three themes of “living in limbo”, “psychological distress behind the wall” and “psychological burden of being a carrier” were extracted as the psychological disturbances of COVID-19 survivors throughout the disease crisis. Conclusion This study portrayed a better understandi...

https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.11_Issue.5_May2021/IJHSR-Abstract.050.html, 2021

Objectives: Corona virus has impacted mental health a lot along with the physical health. The patients have to stay isolated and all alone at hospital for treatment purposes. So the aim of the study was to find out the effectiveness of physiotherapy on psychosocial factors in covid19 positive patients. Methods: 26 patients were included. Three components of psychosocial health were assessed. Anxiety was assessed with Corona Anxiety Scale, Stress assessed with Corona Stress Scales and Depression assessed with Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) pre and post physiotherapy interventions. Results: Significant improvement was seen in all the three components pre and post physiotherapy intervention. Conclusion: According to the study it is concluded that physiotherapy plays a positive role in management of psychosocial factors in covid19 patients and it should be included as an integral part of treatment protocol in managing the same.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020

Background: One of the important clinical outcomes in COVID 19 patients is psychological impairment. We tried to analyze the psychological impact by assessing the prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression, and related factors in COVID 19 patients. Methods: This was a cross-sectional hospital-based study. An exit interview of COVID 19 positive patients was conducted at the time of discharge. A semi-structured proforma with socio-demographic variables was filled. For assessing psychological impact we used Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) for stress, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for anxiety and depression scores. Ethical clearance was taken. Analysis was done using SPSS. Appropriate statistical tests were used to estimate the results of the study. Findings: A total of 114 patients were studied. 50% were native of other Indian states. 79% of patients had symptoms of stress on PSS while 30·7% and 34·2% of patients had definite anxiety and depressive symptoms on HADS. Multiple statistical tests were applied to compare the means of various psychological scores (stress, anxiety, and depression) w.r.t. different socio-demographic variables. It showed statistically significant differences in perceived stress scores w.r.t. age(p=·049), occupation(p=·006), and COVID 19 infection in family members with t(112)=-3·351,p=·001 while in HADS depression score w.r.t. occupation(p=·021), location of residence(p=·007) and COVID 19 infection in family members t(112)=-2·739,p=·007. Multiple linear regression was applied to predict the HADS depression score of patients based on their total PSS scores and HADS anxiety score. A significant regression equation was found (F (2, 111) = 43·567, p<0·000), with an adjusted R2 0·430. Interpretation: The notable factors were the presence of infection in family members, location of native place, age, and occupation. These factors may help health care workers to identify at-risk patients, who at later stages may develop anxiety or depressive disorders. Funding: No source of funding. Declaration of Interests: The authors know of no conflicts of interest associated with the publication, and there has been no financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome. Ethics Approval Statement: Institute Ethical clearance was taken.

PSYCHIATRIA DANUBINA, 2021

Wiadomości lekarskie (Warsaw Poland), 2022

Indian Journal of Mental Health, 2020

Background: Due to the COVID-19, there is an increase in psychological complaints. Healthcare and nonhealthcare persons have had differential complaints like anxiety, depression, stress. Such complaints have also seen in the general public but more so in recovered patients from COVID-19. With this background, we conducted this study find out the stressful impact of COVID-19, prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression between healthcare workers and non-healthcare people. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done in the tertiary-care COVID hospital in Ahmedabad. 50 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 50 non-healthcare people (NHCPs) who had recovered from COVID-19 were included (age 18-65 years) in the study after they consented for the same. They are assessed with a clinical socio-demographic proforma, clinical variables, Impact Of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Anxiety-Self Rating Scale (ASRS). The results were then statistically analysed. Re...

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021

Introduction:Healthcare workers facing the threatening COVID-19 can experience severe difficulties. Despite the need to evaluate both the psychological distress and positive protective resources, brief and reliable assessment tools are lacking.Aim:Study 1 aimed at developing a new assessment tool to measure psychological distress and esteem in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 2 aimed to explore and compare the psychological reactions of healthcare workers of the COVID-19 and the non-COVID-19 wards.Methods:In Study 1, psychologists created 25 items based on their clinical experience. A preliminary qualitative evaluation selected the best 15 items for the new tool (CPI-HP) assessing the COVID-19 psychological impact with 2 scales: psychological distress and esteem. The CPI-HP was administered to 110 healthcare professionals to study its psychometric properties and the internal structure with exploratory graph analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Study 2 com...

VIMS Health Science Journal

Introduction: Some of the public health measures necessary to contain the spread of the pandemic, such as quarantines and social distancing, increase the risk of adverse psychological consequences. A recent review revealed that these risks are greater with longer quarantine periods, when there are infection fears, frustration, boredom, inadequate supplies, inadequate information, and financial loss. COVID-19 pandemic to have disproportionately adverse impacts on mental health of hospitalized groups. COVID-19 is a disease, impact physically but it has been affecting much more the mental health of patient. Aim & Objectives: To Assessment of physical status and mental status of patient during hospitalization and the correlation. To find out the relationship between selected socio-demographic status Age, gender, race, ethnicity, employment, insurance, education, marital status, psychiatric therapies, health literacy, social support, financial distress with the level of mental status. M...

Psychiatr Psychol Klin 2020, 20 (3), p. 174–182

Pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection emerged in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. Widespread outbreaks of infectious disease are associated with psychological distress and symptoms of mental illness. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused a public health crisis. In response to the rapidly increasing number of publications on this subject, this article attempts to provide a comprehensive review of early reports that appeared in the international literature until the beginning of May 2020. This paper details the effects on the general population as medical staff are exposed to different, specific stressors. The available literature has emerged from only a few of the most affected countries; therefore, there is a need for more representative research from other affected regions. The majority of studies focus on depression, anxiety, insomnia and distress. Subsyndromal mental health problems are a common response to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a huge need for further research. In particular, attention must be paid to the potentially devastating effects on population-wide mental health. Pandemic crisis shifts from acute to protracted, and the long-term mental-health consequences of the pandemic will manifest themselves in the future. Keywords: COVID-19, mental health, mental disorder