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Post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with a higher burden of self-reported depression, anxiety, and impaired quality of life across all domains, independent of physical symptoms.
Do not ignore feelings of depression, anxiety, or a drop in quality of life after COVID-19. These are common, measurable outcomes linked to the severity of your illness. Seek support from mental health professionals, as addressing these issues is a critical part of your overall recovery.
Patients had a higher burden of self-reported symptoms of depression and experienced significant impairment in all domains of quality of life compared to controls (p < 0.0001 to 0.044).
Why this rating
Observational study using validated psychometric scales (PHQ-9, GAD-7, SF-36).
Source
Medium-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on multiple vital organs, exercise capacity, cognition, quality of life and mental health, post-hospital discharge
Betty Raman et al. · EClinicalMedicine · 2021
DOI 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100683
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