Recent study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal states that having symptoms of COVID-19 infection is associated with poorer mental health and lower life satisfaction, The study focused at the impact of COVID-19 infection on subsequent mental health and wellbeing….
The study was conducted by researchers at King’s College London and University College London (UCL) in the UK. The sample size of 54,442 participants included patients with and without self-reported COVID-19.
It was revealed that rises in psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and lower life satisfaction were associated with prior self-reported COVID-19. The associations with poorer mental health did not lessen over time after infection, highlighting the potential enduring impacts of the disease and the need for a longer follow-up processes.
Self-reported COVID-19 were consistently associated with psychological distress, regardless of whether people tested positive for antibodies to the virus. The study suggests that the infection of COVID-19 might impact mental health most in older people.
These findings suggest that there were prolonged mental health consequences of COVID-19 infection for some people at the beginning of this pandemic.
–Dr Siddhi Barve
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