Observational studyPsychological medicine2023
Acute and longer-term psychological distress associated with testing positive for COVID-19: longitudinal evidence from a population-based study of US adults.
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- Psychological distress in health care workers during the beginning, the middle, and the last part of the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on dietary habits and weight among Tunisian adults.La Tunisie medicale · 2025Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 on psychological distress in subsequent stages of the pandemic: The role of received social support.PloS one · 2024Article
- Psychological distress and symptom-related burnout in asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mental Health: Pandemics, Epidemics and Tau Protein.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2023Review
- Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Mental health, financial, and social outcomes among older adults with probable COVID-19 infection: A longitudinal cohort study.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Mental impact of Covid-19 among Spanish healthcare workers. A large longitudinal survey.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Article
- Changes in Prevalence of Mental Illness Among US Adults During Compared with Before the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2022Review
- COVID-19 self-testing, a way to "live side by side with the coronavirus": Results from a qualitative study in Indonesia.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Test Us: A Case for Embedding Ethics and Regulatory Expertise.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has produced a considerable public health burden but the impact that contracting the disease has on mental health is unclear. In this observational population-based cohort study, we examined longitudinal changes in psychological distress associated with testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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resultsOver the course of the study, 576 participants reported testing positive for COVID-19. Using regression analysis including individual and time-fixed effects we found that psychological distress increased by 0.29 standard deviations (
conclusionsThis study indicates that testing positive for COVID-19 is associated with an initial increase in psychological distress that diminishes quickly as symptoms subside. Although COVID-19 may not produce lasting psychological distress among the majority of the general population it remains possible that a minority may suffer longer-term mental health consequences.
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