Title
COVID-19, Long COVID Syndrome, and Mental Health Sequelae in a Mexican Population
Date Issued
02 June 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Villalpando J.M.G.
Forcelledo H.A.
Sastré A.J.
Rojop I.E.J.
Hernández V.O.
Canabal F.E.M.
Priego C.G.G.
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is currently a worldwide threat and concern, not only because of COVID-19 itself but its sequelae. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a relation between COVID-19, Long COVID, and the prevalence of mental health disorders exist. A total of 203 people from Tabasco were included in this study, answering a survey integrated by three dominions: General and epidemiological data, the DASS-21 test (to determine the presence of signs or symptoms suggestive of depression, anxiety, and/or stress) and an exploratory questionnaire about Long COVID syndrome. A descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was made via Microsoft Excel and Graphpad Prism software, evaluating differences through the Mann–Whitney U test and considering p < 0.05 as statistically significant. Of the 203 people surveyed, 96 (47.29%) had had COVID-19 and 107 (52.71%) had not; from the ones that had COVID-19, 29 (30.21%) presented mental health disorders and 88 (91.66%) presented at least one symptom or sign of Long COVID syndrome; meanwhile, 31 (32.29%) presented 10 or more symptoms or signs. From the comparison between the population with previous mental health disorders and COVID-19 and those without background disorders or COVID-19, the results were the following: 27.58% vs. 16.82% presented severe depression, 48.27% vs. 17.75% presented severe anxiety, and 27.58% vs. 20.56% presented severe stress. A high prevalence of mental health effects was observed in patients without COVID-19 and increased in the population with Long COVID syndrome and previous mental health disorders.
Volume
19
Issue
12
Number
6970
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psiquiatría
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85131331489
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN of the container
16617827
Sponsor(s)
January This research was funded by the Science and Technology Council of Tabasco State (CCYTET). Registration number 2020
The present observational analytical cross-sectional study was part of a larger project addressing the mental health of COVID-19 patients between the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT) and a general Hospital in Tabasco, called the “Psychological effects evaluation in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in a General Hospital in Tabasco” and funded by the Science and Technology Council of Tabasco State (CCYTET). Stress, anxiety, and depression in their various degrees of severity as well as the presence of Long COVID syndrome (post-COVID syndrome or Hauling COVID) were investigated.
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco UJAT
Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Estado de Tabasco 2020-01/23 CCYTET
Sources of information:
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