Observational studyNeuropsychopharmacology reports2021
Post-COVID-19 fatigue and anhedonia: A cross-sectional study and their correlation to post-recovery period.
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- Post-COVID-19 fatigue: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Frequency, signs and symptoms, and criteria adopted for long COVID-19: A systematic review.International journal of clinical practice · 2021Pooled it
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- Enhancing Access to Mental Health Services for Antepartum and Postpartum Women Through Telemental Health Services at Wellbeing Centers in Selected Health Facilities in Bangladesh: Implementation Research.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
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- Long COVID Following Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Retrospective Study in a Portuguese Primary Health Care Unit.Cureus · 2024Article
- The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Post-COVID-19 Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
- Fatigue, Internet Addiction and Symptoms of Long COVID-A Cross-Sectional Study of Polish Students.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Trajectories of mental health outcomes following COVID-19 infection: a prospective longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Therapeutic potential and possible mechanisms of ginseng for depression associated with COVID-19.Inflammopharmacology · 2024Review
- Investigating the trajectory of post-COVID impairments: a longitudinal study in Sweden.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Long COVID: what is known and what gaps need to be addressed.British medical bulletin · 2023Review
- Association of magnesium and vitamin D status with grip strength and fatigue in older adults: a 4-week observational study of geriatric participants undergoing rehabilitation.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Observational
- Prevalence of Long COVID Symptoms Related to SARS-CoV-2 Strains.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals infected by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have experienced different psychiatric manifestations during the period of infectivity and post-COVID-19 infection. Fatigue and anhedonia are among the frequently reported manifestations after recovery from this novel viral pandemic, leading to early evaluation of those patients and proper management of their complaints which have a drastic burden on different domains of life. Also, the period after recovery might have an effect on the severity of these two psychiatric presentations. AIM OF THE WORK: This cross-sectional observational study aimed to investigate the occurrence of post-COVID-19 fatigue and anhedonia and whether the duration after 2 consecutive PCR-negative tests has an implication on the severity of the above-mentioned psychiatric manifestations.
methodsSocio-demographic characteristics of 200 post-COVID-19 patients were collected, and also, the self-assessment anhedonia scale was used to evaluate the degree of anhedonia. Fatigue assessment scale used to investigate this domain. The study targeted to find a possible correlation between the period after recovery and the other variables including anhedonia and fatigue.
resultsThe study revealed high scores of different subtypes of self-assessment anhedonia scale (including total intensity, total frequency, and total changes scores) in the studied group, also high score of fatigue assessment scale in those patients. Positive statistically significant correlation between anhedonia and fatigue in post-COVID-19 group, also negative statistically significant correlation between duration after recovery and the other 2 variables(anhedonia and fatigue) in the examined patients.
conclusionPost-COVID-19 fatigue and anhedonia were prevalent and commonly reported in the post-COVID-19 period, also the duration after 2 consecutive negative PCR tests has an implication on the severity rating scale of both anhedonia and fatigue. These findings directed our attention to those reported manifestations which affected the socio-occupational functioning of the individuals during this whole world pandemic.
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