Prolonged Fatigue and Mental Health Challenges in Critical COVID-19 Survivors
(2024) In Journal of Intensive Care Medicine- Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the development of fatigue and mental illness between 3 and 12 months after critical COVID-19 and explore risk factors for long-lasting symptoms. Study Design and Methods: A prospective, multicenter COVID-19 study in southern Sweden, including adult patients (≥18 years) with rtPCR-confirmed COVID-19 requiring intensive care. Survivors were invited to a follow-up at 3 and 12 months, where patient-reported symptoms were assessed using the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist version 5 (PCL-5). The development between 3 and 12 months was described by changes in relation to statistical... (More)
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the development of fatigue and mental illness between 3 and 12 months after critical COVID-19 and explore risk factors for long-lasting symptoms. Study Design and Methods: A prospective, multicenter COVID-19 study in southern Sweden, including adult patients (≥18 years) with rtPCR-confirmed COVID-19 requiring intensive care. Survivors were invited to a follow-up at 3 and 12 months, where patient-reported symptoms were assessed using the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist version 5 (PCL-5). The development between 3 and 12 months was described by changes in relation to statistical significance and suggested values for a minimally important difference (MID). Potential risk factors for long-lasting symptoms were analyzed by multivariable logistic regression. Results: At the 3-month follow-up, 262 survivors (87%) participated, 215 (72%) returned at 12 months. Fatigue was reported by 50% versus 40%, with a significant improvement at 12 months (MFIS; median 38 vs. 33, P < .001, MID ≥4). There were no significant differences in symptoms of mental illness between 3 and 12 months, with anxiety present in 33% versus 28%, depression in 30% versus 22%, and posttraumatic stress disorder in 17% versus 13%. A worse functional outcome and less sleep compared to before COVID-19 were risk factors for fatigue and mental illness at 12 months. Conclusions: Fatigue improved between 3 and 12 months but was still common. Symptoms of mental illness remained unchanged with anxiety being the most reported. A worse functional outcome and less sleep compared to before COVID-19 were identified as risk factors for reporting long-lasting symptoms.
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
- Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest (research group)
- Clinical Research in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (research group)
- Unit for clinical suicide research (research group)
- Clinical Sciences, Helsingborg
- Intensive Care Epidemiology (research group)
- Clinical infection medicine (research group)
- SWECRIT (research group)
- Center for cardiac arrest (research group)
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- 2024-07-23
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- Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
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- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:85199877361
- pmid:39042144
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- 0885-0666
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- 10.1177/08850666241255328
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