Mental health outcomes of coronavirus infection survivors: A rapid meta-analysis.
J Psychiatr Res
; 137: 542-553, 2021 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-885351
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The current COVID pandemic is happening while the long-term effects of coronavirus infection remain poorly understood. The present article meta-analyzed mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression, etc.) from a previous coronavirus outbreak in China (2002).METHOD:
CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, Baidu Scholar, and Google Scholar were searched up to early June 2020 for articles in English or Chinese reporting mental illness symptoms of SARS patients. Main outcome measures include SCL-90, SAS, SDS, and IES-R scales. 29 papers met the inclusion criteria. The longest follow-up time included in the analysis was 46 months.FINDINGS:
The systematic meta-analysis indicated that mental health problems were most serious before or at hospital discharge and declined significantly during the first 12 months after hospital discharge. Nevertheless, average symptom levels remained above healthy norms even at 12 months and continued to improve, albeit slowly, thereafter.INTERPRETATION:
The adverse mental health impact of being hospitalized with coronavirus infection long outlasts the physical illness. Mental health issues were the most serious for coronavirus infected patients before (including) hospital discharge and improved continuously during the first 12 months after hospital discharge. If COVID-19 infected patients follow a similar course of mental health development, most patients should recover to normal after 12 months of hospital discharge.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mental Health
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Survivors
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Survivorship
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Psychiatr Res
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jpsychires.2020.10.015
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