Mental health status and related influencing factors of COVID‐19 survivors in Wuhan, China

Abstract

Much research work has been done for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, mainly in clinical characteristics. 4 However, few studies have reported the post-discharge follow-up status, especially the mental health status of COVID-19 survivors. Therefore, in this descriptive case series, we enrolled a large number of COVID-19 survivors in Wuhan, China. We aimed to report the post-discharge mental health status of these survivors and explore relevant influencing factors.This study was conducted in Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital. All patients were confirmedly diagnosed with COVID-19. 1 The flowchart is shown in Figure S1. Eventually, 370 COVID-19 survivors were included in this study. Verbal consent of follow-up was obtained in all the 370 survivors. Survivors' readmission status and the reasons were inquired. Postdischarge respiratory symptoms were inquired. Whether the survivors worried about COVID-19 recurrence was inquired. Whether the survivors worried about COVID-19 infection to others (family members) was inquired. Home quarantine lifestyles status was inquired. Anxiety was measured using The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7). Total score 0-4 refers to no anxiety; total score 5-21 refers to anxiety. 5 Depression was measured using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Total score 0-4 refers to no depression; total score 5-27 refers to depression. 6 Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (Version 24.0). Continuous variables were presented by mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median with inter quartiles (IQR). Categorical variables were presented by number with percentage. Student's t-test and Chi-square test were used as appropriate. P < .05 was statistically significant.Clinical data and post-discharge status were summarized in Table 1. The median time from discharge to follow-up wereThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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