Affiliation:
1. Department of Family Medicine University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital Ziraat Mahallesi Dışkapı Altındağ Ankara Turkey
2. Department of Statistics University of Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Ankara Turkey
Abstract
AbstractAimStudies of the effects of COVID‐19, especially post‐acute COVID‐19 syndrome, on psychological health in non‐severe cases are limited. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors of psychological symptoms, and quality‐of‐life in three groups of outpatients, hospitalized and intensive care patients.MethodsA total 276 patients, previously confirmed with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, attending the COVID‐19 follow‐up outpatient clinic from December 2020 to July 2021 were interviewed face‐to‐face. In this cross‐sectional, retrospective study, all participants were asked our self‐designed demographic and screening questions to assess their psychological symptoms and administered the WHQOOL‐BREF survey to evaluate quality of life.ResultsIn screening questions, major depressive disorder symptoms were detected at a rate of 20.3%, generalized anxiety disorder symptoms at a rate of 16.7%, panic attack symptoms at a rate of 10.9%, post‐traumatic stress disorder symptoms at a rate of 28.6% and obsessive‐compulsive disorder symptoms at a rate of 18.1%. The outpatient group with COVID‐19 infection had a higher risk of developing psychological symptoms and decreased quality of life.ConclusionCOVID‐19 infection was found to have a considerable psychological impact on those treated as outpatients despite the less severe course of their illness.