{"id":4779,"date":"2023-09-27T06:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2023-09-27T06:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:52:14","slug":"psychiatric-symptoms-and-fatigue-in-covid-19-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/09\/27\/psychiatric-symptoms-and-fatigue-in-covid-19-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychiatric Symptoms and Fatigue in COVID-19 Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/180904-psychiatric-symptoms-and-fatigue-in-covid-19-survivors#!\/\">Cureus<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduction: Psychiatric symptoms and fatigue are common after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness. The cause of these symptoms is direct neuronal injury and indirect injury with immune-mediated inflammation. In addition, social factors also affect mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Objective: We aim to compare psychiatric symptoms and fatigue between COVID-19 survivors and healthy controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Material and methods: We prospectively evaluated 100 COVID-19 survivors for anxiety, depression, positive affect, and&nbsp;behavior control using the Mental Health Inventory (MHI). Fatigue is assessed using the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) score. We compared them with 100 healthy controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results: There was a significant statistical difference between the MHI score and individual components of MHI. Overall, MHI scores in cases and controls were 79.41 and 93.31, respectively, with a P value of less than 0.0001. Computed scores for anxiety, depression, behavior control, and positive affect of COVID-19 survivors showed statistically significant differences as compared to healthy controls.&nbsp;There was a weak association between hospital stay duration and poor MHI scores. Fatigue was significantly worse in COVID-19 survivors, with a mean score of 6.93 in cases and 5.35 in controls, with a P value of 0.0001. This was a cross-sectional study evaluating psychiatric symptom scores, but not establishing the diagnosis. It is suggested that appropriate treatment and counseling for these symptoms should be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conclusions: Psychiatric symptoms and fatigue were significantly more common in COVID-19 patients after recovery from acute illness. It is a major contributing cause of morbidity other than organic complications of COVID-19 and requires&nbsp;attention in management.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cureus Introduction: Psychiatric symptoms and fatigue are common after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness. The cause of these symptoms is direct neuronal injury and indirect injury with immune-mediated inflammation. In addition, social factors also affect mental health. Objective: We aim to compare psychiatric symptoms and fatigue between COVID-19 survivors and healthy controls. 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