Dar Shabir Ahmad, Dar Mohammad Maqbool, Sheikh Shanoo, Haq Inaamul, Azad Aaliya Mohi Ud Din, Mushtaq Mehvish, Shah Naveed Nazir, Wani Zaid Ahmad
Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Department of Clinical Psychology, College of Health and Rehabilitation, Princess Nourah Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Aug 31;10:309. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_119_21. eCollection 2021.
The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) emerged from China and rapidly spread to many other countries all over the world. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms among COVID-19 survivors after their discharge from the COVID-19 treatment center.
This was a cross-sectional, hospital-based study performed among 119 COVID-19 survivors. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to measure anxiety and depression. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-Checklist (PCL) and Brief OC Scale were used to measure PTSD and OC symptoms. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using the SPSS (IBM Corp. Released 2015 version 23.0).
The mean anxiety, depression, and PTSD scores were, 7.12 ± 0.68, 8.08 ± 0.22, and 19.78 ± 0.88, respectively. Based on cutoff scores, the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and PTSD among COVID-19 survivors was = 53, 44.54%; = 73, 61.34%; and = 30, 25.21%, respectively. Older COVID-19 survivors (≥50 years) were more likely to show symptoms of depression and anxiety ( < 0.001) compared to younger ones. Furthermore, COVID-19 survivors who were ≥50 years of age experienced a greater level of PTSD compared to younger ones; similar trends were seen in those experiencing OC symptoms. In the present study, = 98 (82.4%) were obsessed with fears of contamination and an equal number had compulsive handwashing.
Anxiety, depression, PTSD, and OC symptoms are common among the COVID-19 survivors and that underscores the need to diagnose and manage mental health morbidities among these survivors long after their recovery from COVID-19.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）起源于中国，并迅速传播至全球许多其他国家。本研究旨在评估COVID-19幸存者从COVID-19治疗中心出院后的焦虑、抑郁、创伤后应激障碍和强迫症状的患病率。
这是一项基于医院的横断面研究，对119名COVID-19幸存者进行了研究。采用医院焦虑抑郁量表（HADS）测量焦虑和抑郁。创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）检查表（PCL）和简易强迫量表用于测量PTSD和强迫症状。使用SPSS（IBM公司2015年发布的23.0版）进行描述性和推断性统计分析数据。
焦虑、抑郁和PTSD的平均得分分别为7.12±0.68、8.08±0.22和19.78±0.88。根据临界值，COVID-19幸存者中焦虑、抑郁和PTSD的患病率分别为=53，44.54%；=73，61.34%；=30，25.21%。与年轻的COVID-19幸存者相比，年龄较大的COVID-19幸存者（≥50岁）更有可能出现抑郁和焦虑症状（<0.001）。此外，≥50岁的COVID-19幸存者比年轻幸存者经历的PTSD水平更高；在有强迫症状的人群中也观察到类似趋势。在本研究中，=98（82.4%）的人担心受到污染，同样数量的人有强迫性洗手行为。
焦虑、抑郁、PTSD和强迫症状在COVID-19幸存者中很常见，这突出了在这些幸存者从COVID-19康复后很长一段时间内诊断和管理心理健康疾病的必要性。
