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Psychiatric comorbidity in clinically stable COVID-19 patients
Vikas Gaur1, Deepak Salvi2, Manaswi Gautam3
1Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Aims:
To identify prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in clinically stable COVID-19 patients.
Materials And Methods:
A cross-sectional single point observational study was conducted among clinically stable 72 COVID-19 infected patients. Psychiatric comorbidity was assessed with the help of DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 CCSM-Adult scale.
Results:
The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity was 76.4% (n = 55). Depression was the most common diagnosis in 44.44% (n = 32) followed by anxiety (34.72%, n = 25), somatic symptoms (26.39%, n = 19), sleep problems (23.61%, n = 17). Around 45 .83 % (n = 33) patients considered COVID-19 infection as potentially life-threatening and 23.62% (n=17) patients experienced discrimination and stigma after being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. Using binary logistic regression, physical symptoms was identified as a risk factor for psychiatric comorbidity.
Conclusion:
Our study provides evidence of a significant impact of COVID-19 infection on mental health in COVID-19 patients.
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