ArticleHealth psychology and behavioral medicine2023
Long COVID and mental health correlates: a new chronic condition fits existing patterns.
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- Trends and developments in health systems modeling: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
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- Supporting the psychosocial well-being of patients with Long COVID: patient-informed strategies from a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prepandemic Risk Factors for Disabling Long COVID: A Prospective Cohort Analysis.Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence, Risk Factors, Disease-Related Knowledge, and Vaccination Attitudes and Behaviors for Long COVID Among French Civil Servants: Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- A Mixed Methods Analysis of Long COVID Symptoms in Black Americans: Examining Physical and Mental Health Outcomes.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Long COVID and psychosocial factors among middle-aged and older adults. Results of the nationally representative German Ageing Survey.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Limited Awareness of Long COVID Despite Common Experience of Symptoms Among African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Indigenous Adults in Arizona.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
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- The Association Between COVID-19-Related Persistent Symptoms, Psychological Flexibility, and General Mental Health Among People With and Without Persistent Pain in the UK.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- Sex-specific estimates of positive mental health among youth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- Severe alcohol use and COVID-19: implications for physical and mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Distribution of acute symptoms and long COVID-19 and their association with anxiety and depression 2 years after infection.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Mental and physical health in persons receiving inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation treatment for post-COVID condition.PloS one · 2025Article
- A tablet-based intervention study to alleviate cognitive and psychological symptoms in patients with post-Covid-19 condition.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mental health symptoms and burdens after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Timing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use and risk for preterm birth and related adverse events: with a consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic period.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Emerging Long COVID research indicates the condition has major population health consequence. Other chronic conditions have previously been associated with functional and mental health challenges - including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide ideation, substance use and lower life satisfaction. Methods: This study explores correlations between self-reported Long COVID, functional and mental health challenges among a random community-based sample of people ( Results: Long COVID was associated with increased presence of depression (13% increase), anxiety (28% increase), suicide ideation (10% increase), PTSD (20% increase), and decreased life satisfaction and daily functioning. Structural equation modeling, controlling for sociodemographic variables and imposing a theoretical framework from existing chronic disease research, demonstrated correlations between Long COVID and higher PTSD, suicide ideation and lower life satisfaction were mediated by higher daily functional challenges and common mental disorders. Conclusions: Basic and applied, interdisciplinary research is urgently needed to characterize the population-based response to the new challenge of Long COVID.
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