SynthesisJournal of affective disorders2021
A living systematic review of the psychological problems in people suffering from COVID-19.
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- An observatory on changes in dreaming during a pandemic: a living systematic review (part 1).Journal of sleep research · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19 and common mental health symptoms in the early phase of the pandemic: An umbrella review of the evidence.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- What are the long-term holistic health consequences of COVID-19 among survivors? An umbrella systematic review.Journal of medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- Relationship between Mental Health and Emotional Eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022Guideline
- Prevalence of depression in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients: An umbrella review of meta-analyses.General hospital psychiatryPooled it
- Effects of cognitive training and group psychotherapy on cognitive performance of post COVID-19 patients: an exploratory and non-randomized clinical trial.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Trial
- The effect of COVID-19 and socioeconomic inequalities on emergency department accesses for psychiatric conditions.PloS one · 2026Article
- Risk stratification and healthcare disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: a retrospective cohort study of treatment pathways before and after infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- The Role of Probiotics and Their Postbiotic Metabolites in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prevalence and severity of anxiety, stress, and depression among adults with long COVID in Barcelona: a cross-sectional study.BJGP open · 2025Article
- A biopsychosocial analysis of risk factors for persistent physical, cognitive, and psychological symptoms among previously hospitalized post-COVID-19 patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A living critical interpretive synthesis to yield a framework on the production and dissemination of living evidence syntheses for decision-making.Implementation science : IS · 2024Review
- Psychological treatments for mental health symptoms associated with COVID-19 infection: A scoping review.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024Article
- Short- and long-term neuropsychiatric outcomes in long COVID in South Korea and Japan.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
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- Resilience and Social Support Improve Mental Health and Quality of Life in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Anxiety in post-covid-19 syndrome - prevalence, mechanisms and treatment.Neuroscience applied · 2024Review
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- Validation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in a Moroccan sample with substance use disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe aimed to investigate the psychological problems on people infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic.
methodsIn this living systematic review and meta-analyses, we searched seven electronic databases for cross-sectional studies and longitudinal studies on psychological problems on COVID-19 patients from Jan 1, 2020 to Oct 7, 2020. The primary outcome was prevalence of various psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, stress, insomnia, somatization, and fear. We pooled data for prevalence with their 95% confidence interval (CI) using random effect models and assessed the study quality based on the 11-item checklist recommended by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
resultsFourty-four studies, including studies from China(35), Italy(2), Iran(2), India(1), Korea(1), Ecuador(1), Switzerland(1), Germany(1), were identified by comprising a total of 8587 completed questionnaires and 38 studies for meta-analyses. The prevalence of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), insomnia, somatization, and fear in patients with COVID-19 was 16.6% (10.1%-23.1%), 37.7% (29.3%-46.2%), 41.5% (9.3%-73.7%), 68.3% (48.6%-88.0%), 36.5% (20.2%-52.8%), 47.6% (9.4%-85.7%), respectively. The prevalence of anxiety, depression, and insomnia in severe COVID-19 patients (intensive care unit inpatients) was higher than mild or clinically stable COVID-19 patients. LIMITATIONS: A significant degree of heterogeneity in terms of populations, sampling methods, scales was noted across studies.
conclusionsThere existed high proportions of COVID-19 patients with psychological problem. The prevalence of psychological problems was closely related to the patients themselves, their surroundings and social support. It is imperative to provide ontime psychological care service for COVID-19 patients and to follow-up them for a longer period.
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