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. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2):S1646-S1649.
doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_376_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.

Survey of Stress in COVID Patient Post Treatment: A Qualitative Research

Neeraj Kancherla  1 , Sameer Krishna Prasad Garlapati  1 , Yeswanth Kumar Raparla  1 , Maria Jamil  2 , Javairia Jamil  3 , Sai Mahitha Mannava  4
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Survey of Stress in COVID Patient Post Treatment: A Qualitative Research

Neeraj Kancherla et al. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of our study was to examine the mental health status of patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) who were hospitalized.

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 106 inpatients with COVID-19 who had stable clinical conditions were evaluated psychologically by questionnaire: Depression, anxiety, and stress scales-21 (DASS-21).

Results: About one-third of patients had comorbidities. In totality, 97.2% of patients with COVID-19 had some grade of depression. Extent of depression, assessed with the help of the DASS questionnaire, was 85.8%. All patients (100%) had serious (0.9%) and grave level of (99.1%) anxiety. Regarding to stress levels, 97.1% of patients had some degree of stress. In the worsening of stress category, 84.9% of patients had high-stress levels.

Conclusion: The presence of such increased prevalence and seriousness of psychiatric disorders among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 underlines the necessity for serious consideration to the mental health standing of these patients.

Keywords: Anxiety; coronavirus disease-19; depression; management; stress.

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