Epidemiological study of patients presenting with anxiety and depression, in their post COVID-19 phase

Bansal KL, Kumar S, Kumar B, Goyal ML, Gaur M

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Bansal KL¹, Saurav Kumar², Bhaskar Kumar³, Madan Lal Goyal^3,* and Madhubala Gaur³

¹Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, GS Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh-245304, India

²Department of Psychiatry, GS Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh-245304, India

³Department of General Surgery, GS Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh-245304, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Madan Lal Goyal, Associate Professor, General Surgery, GS Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh-245304, India. Email: drgoyalmadan54@yahoo.com

Received 19 September 2022; Revised 28 November 2022; Accepted 8 December 2022; Published 19 December 2022

Citation: Bansal KL, Kumar S, Kumar B, Goyal ML, Gaur M. Epidemiological study of patients presenting with anxiety and depression, in their post COVID-19 phase. J Med Sci Res. 2023; 11(1):1-5. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2023/11-1

Copyright: © 2023 Bansal KL et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Background: COVID-19 caused havoc on the mankind. Post COVID-19 effects were also very painful. Post COVID-19 symptoms affected almost every organ system of the body not only physically, but also had a very profound effect on psyche of different individuals. We studied prevalence of anxiety and depression in post COVID-19 phase.

Materials and methods: All patients attending various outpatient Departments, who had positive RTPCR for COVID-19, more than 3 months before the present symptoms, were included in this study. The patients were divided in two groups depending upon severity of the COVID-19 infection in past. Group-I patients were treated for COVID-19 on domiciliary basis while those required admission to hospital for treatment for COVID-19 were included in Group-II. Scoring system decided if the patient was normal or had anxiety or depression.

Results: Both anxiety and depression were common in post COVID-19 phase. Group-II patients were affected more 38.65% (167 out of 432) as compared to only 10.13% (62 out of 612) of Group-I patients. Depression was seen in 52 out of 237 (22.94%) in males as compared to female 20 out of 195 (10.25%) in Group-II. Anxiety was also more common in males in Group-II, 62 out of 237 (26.18%) than females 33 out of 195 (16.92%).

Conclusion: Both anxiety and depression were very common post COVID-19 infection. Hospitalized patients suffered more than those who had milder disease and were treated at home for COVID-19. Males suffered more than the females.

Keywords: anxiety; depression; COVID-19; RTPCR