Physical and Psychosocial Well-Being of Hospitalized and Non-Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Compared to the General Population in Qatar

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Muna Al Maslamani¹  Maliha Thapur¹  Premalatha David²  Mustafa Abdul Karim²  Nurrunnazha Binti Hussein²  Ahmad Al Shahrani²  Amel Baker Wali²  Faisal Khan²  Sami Ouanes²  Suhaila Ghuloum²  Zainab Al-Ansari³  Hassen Al-Amin⁴ 

[1] Communicable Disease Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar;Department of Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar;Weill Cornell Medicine, Medical Education, Doha, Qatar;Weill Cornell Medicine, Psychiatry Department, Doha, Qatar;

关键词: COVID-19;    functioning;    quality of life;    hospitalized;    quarantined;    general population;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2021.792058

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Many studies have shown a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in COVID-19 patients and the general population. However, very few studies directly examined the potential impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and none compared HRQoL in COVID-19 patients to the general population amid the pandemic.Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study comparing HRQoL (as measured using the RAND Short Form 36 or SF-36 Health Survey) in randomly selected individuals from three different groups: hospitalized COVID-19 patients, quarantined COVID-19 patients, and controls from the general population in Qatar. We constructed a multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) to compare the SF-36 scores between the three groups and control for various covariates.Results: Our sample consisted of 141 COVID-19 inpatients, 99 COVID-19 quarantined patients, and 285 healthy controls. Surprisingly, we found that HRQoL was higher in COVID-19 hospitalized than in COVID-19 non-hospitalized patients than in controls. The main components where COVID-patients scored higher than controls were physical functioning and role limitations due to emotional problems. In COVID-19 patients, the female gender, older age, and past psychiatric history were associated with lower HRQoL.Conclusions: It seems that COVID-19 patient's HRQoL might be better than expected. Our results can be explained by social support from family and friends, easy access to mental health screening and care, and a possible change of perspectives after recovery from COVID-19, resulting in psychological growth and enhanced resilience.

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