Mental health, health-related quality of life, and lung function after hospital discharge in healthcare workers with severe COVID-19: a cohort study from China.

Lijuan Xiong; Qian LI; Xiongjing Cao; Huangguo Xiong; Daquan Meng; Mei Zhou; Yanzhao Zhang; Xinliang HE; Yupeng Zhang; Liang Tang; Yang Jin; Jiahong Xia; Yu HU

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Mental health, health-related quality of life, and lung function after hospital discharge in healthcare workers with severe COVID-19: a cohort study from China.

Author: Lijuan XIONG ¹ ; Qian LI ² ; Xiongjing CAO ¹ ; Huangguo XIONG ¹ ; Daquan MENG ³ ; Mei ZHOU ³ ; Yanzhao ZHANG ⁴ ; Xinliang HE ³ ; Yupeng ZHANG ¹ ; Liang TANG ² ; Yang JIN ³ ; Jiahong XIA ⁵ ; Yu HU ⁶
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1. Department of Nosocomial Infection Management, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
2. Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, NHC Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
4. Department of Rehabilitation, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
5. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China. jiahong.xia@hust.edu.cn.
6. Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China. dr_huyu@126.com.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Humans; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Mental Health; Cohort Studies; Quality of Life; China/epidemiology*; Health Personnel; Hospitals; Lung
From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2023;24(3):269-274
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. It is highly contagious and can cause death in severe cases. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 6:36 pm Central European Summer Time (CEST), 12 August 2022, there had been 585 950 285 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6 425 422 deaths (WHO, 2022).