Covid-19: “Substantial psychiatric burden” is still seen three years after infection, researchers find

A significant number of patients who were admitted to hospital with covid-19 still experience substantial cognitive and psychiatric effects as much as three years later, a longitudinal study has found.1Almost half of the study participants experienced moderate to severe depression, one in four reported moderate to severe anxiety, and four in 10 reported severe cognitive decline. One in nine had objective signs of severe cognitive deficits—equivalent to a loss of 10 IQ points—the research published in the Lancet Psychiatry found.However, the authors acknowledged a risk of selection bias, as the study had a low response rate, with only 19.2% of those invited choosing to take part.Researchers contacted 2469 of the participants in the Post-Hospitalisation Covid-19 study who had been discharged from one of 83 UK hospitals after a clinical diagnosis of covid-19 from 1 February 2020 to 31 March 2021. They had already been assessed at six months and 12…
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