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. 2021 Feb;93(2):1175-1179.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26459. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

Anxiety and depression symptoms after virological clearance of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in Milan, Italy

Daniele Tomasoni  1 , Francesca Bai  1 , Roberto Castoldi  1 , Diletta Barbanotti  1 , Camilla Falcinella  1 , Giovanni Mulè  1 , Debora Mondatore  1 , Alessandro Tavelli  1 , Elena Vegni  2 , Giulia Marchetti  1 , Antonella d'Arminio Monforte  1
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Anxiety and depression symptoms after virological clearance of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in Milan, Italy

Daniele Tomasoni et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Prevalence of anxiety or depression was investigated in 105 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients at 1 to 3 months from virological clearance by hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS-A/D). 30% of patients displayed pathological HADS-A/D, 52.4% showed persistent symptoms. Pathological patients with HADS-A/D more commonly reported symptom persistence, even after adjustment for age, gender, and disease severity. Psychological assessments should be encouraged in COVID-19 patients' follow-up.

Keywords: COVID-19; anxiety and depression symptoms; hospital anxiety and depression scale.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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