The high mental health burden of "Long COVID" and its association with on-going physical and respiratory symptoms in all adults discharged from hospital

Sindhu B Naidu; Amar J Shah; Anita Saigal; Colette Smith; Simon E Brill; James Goldring; John R Hurst; Hannah Jarvis; Marc Lipman; Swapna Mandal

doi:10.1183/13993003.04364-2020

The high mental health burden of "Long COVID" and its association with on-going physical and respiratory symptoms in all adults discharged from hospital

Eur Respir J. 2021 Jun 24;57(6):2004364. doi: 10.1183/13993003.04364-2020. Print 2021 Jun.

Authors

Sindhu B Naidu¹, Amar J Shah¹, Anita Saigal¹, Colette Smith², Simon E Brill¹, James Goldring¹, John R Hurst^{1

3}, Hannah Jarvis¹, Marc Lipman^{1

3}, Swapna Mandal⁴

Affiliations

¹ Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK swapnamandal@nhs.net.

Abstract

Adults discharged from hospital with COVID-19 may experience “Long COVID”, where mental health symptoms are significant and linked to physical symptoms such as breathlessness. Clinicians should use brief screening questionnaires to support their recovery. https://bit.ly/3d22SJM

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19*
Hospitals
Humans
Mental Health*
Patient Discharge
SARS-CoV-2