Investigating the effectiveness of psychological interventions in response to stress, anxiety, and depression in coronavirus disease 2019 patients: A systematic review

Guiding future research on psychological interventions in people with COVID-19 and post COVID syndrome and comorbid emotional disorders based on a systematic review

“…Coping with the physical and social consequences of the pandemics was a great challenge for the entire population ( 71 ), and especially for those suffering from COVID-19 or long COVID-19 conditions ( 7 , 12 ). This resulted in the emergence of psychological interventions to alleviate the psychological impact of the pandemic ( 18 ). The main aim of this systematic review was to summarize and analyze the psychological interventions that are available for patients suffering any kind of COVID-19 conditions and comorbid emotional disorders.…”

“…Similarly, from a psychological perspective, we found different systematic reviews in the field of psychological interventions for COVID-19 patients (18,19). Promising results were found in the reduction of emotional suffering in COVID-19 patients, which suggest that psychological issues could be properly treated in the context of COVID-19 conditions.…”

“…However, we noted some important limitations in these systematic reviews. First, some of them have summarized interventions focused mainly on COVID-19 patients which did not include long COVID conditions ( 18 ). Second, increased attention has been paid to severe cases (i.e., hospitalized patients) ( 19 ) or other non-COVID-19 populations (i.e., relatives, professionals, general populations) ( 20 ).…”

Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with post COVID-19 condition: study protocol for a multiple baseline n-of-1 trial

“…However, there is a sizeable percentage of individuals that have found it challenging to regulate their emotions and have developed EDs ( Liu et al, 2021 ). Recent studies have revealed that psychological interventions could be useful in the management of EDs in the context of the pandemic ( Yue et al, 2020 ; Bertuzzi et al, 2021 ; Rahmati and Khalili, 2022 ). Unfortunately, with current psychological symptoms-focused interventions, it is difficult to address comorbid EDs.…”

“…In light of the aforementioned psychological negative consequences of the pandemic, it might be reasonable to think that patients with COVID-19, and especially those with long COVID-19, would receive evidence-based psychological interventions to overcome EDs. Different systematic reviews indicated that psychological interventions are available in the context of COVID-19 for the general population and students ( D’Onofrio et al, 2022 ; Komariah et al, 2022 ), professionals and informal caregivers ( Bertuzzi et al, 2021 ), relatives ( Yue et al, 2020 ), or even COVID-19 patients ( Rahmati and Khalili, 2022 ). Results from these systematic reviews indicate that psychological interventions could be effective in the management of EDs in the context of COVID-19 conditions, however, some needs are not properly addressed.…”