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Depression in women recovered from COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

M. Lagha ,
G. Hamdi ,
N. Dhaouadi ,
S. Chebli  and
R. Ridha
M. Lagha
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Forensic Psychiatry, La Manouba, Tunisia
G. Hamdi
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Forensic Psychiatry, La Manouba, Tunisia
N. Dhaouadi
Affiliation:
Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Preventive Medicine, Ariana, Tunisia
S. Chebli*
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Forensic Psychiatry, La Manouba, Tunisia
R. Ridha
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Forensic Psychiatry, La Manouba, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Studies assessing the psychological impact of COVID-19 have shown that patients with COVID-19 had significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms than healthy controls.

Objectives

The objectives of our study were to assess depression in women recovered from COVID-19 and to compare it to healthy controls.

Methods

It was a cross-sectional case-control study.

We randomly recruited women, from April 1st to 30th, 2021.The women in the case group have been infected with Sars-Cov 2, with a benign or pauci-symptomatic clinical form, and cured for one to two months at the time of the study without any post-COVID complications. Women included in the control group have not been infected with Sars-Cov 2 .Depression was assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).

Results

In total, we recruited 30 women in the case group and 30 women in the control group.The average age of the case group was 35.8 ±6.8 years versus an average age of 35.3 ± 6.33 years in the control group. The majority of coronavirus infections were symptomatic (83.3% (n=25)).

The average depression score for the case group was 10.8 ±9.6 corresponding to moderate depression, while the average depression score for the control group was 6.1 ± 6.1 corresponding to mild depression. The presence of depression was more significant in the case group compared to the controls (p=0.003).

Conclusions

COVID-19 is significantly associated with depression, even in mild or pauci-symptomatic clinical forms.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

recoveredDepressionwomenCovid-19
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S490
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