TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience, psychological well-being and daily functioning following hospitalization for respiratory distress due to sars-cov-2 infection
AU - Dini, Michelangelo
AU - Poletti, Barbara
AU - Tagini, Sofia
AU - Reitano, Maria Rita
AU - Allocco, Elisa
AU - Mazzocco, Ketti
AU - Pravettoni, Gabriella
AU - Dell’osso, Bernardo
AU - Monforte, Antonella D’Arminio
AU - Centanni, Stefano
AU - Priori, Alberto
AU - Ferrucci, Roberta
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This study was partially supported by Romeo and Enrica Invernizzi Foundation. R.F. and M.D. were supported from Research Center (CRC) Aldo Ravelli—Center for Neurotechnol-ogy and Brain Therapeutics.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected people’s psychological well-being, and hospitalized patients could face an even greater risk of psychological distress. We aimed to study resilience in recovered COVID-19 patients after hospital discharge. We recruited 50 patients (38 males, aged 28–77) who were hospitalized for COVID-19 between March and April 2020. Participants underwent a psychological assessment 5 months after hospital discharge. We administered the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25), Beck’s Depression inventory-II (BDI-II), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y-form (STAI). We also evaluated the impact of persisting physical, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms on resilience. Patients reported low resilience in the months following hospital discharge (CD-RISC-25 score [mean ± SD] = 55.82 ± 20.76), compared to data from studies on the general population. Lower resilience was associated with mood disturbances in the months following clinical recovery (p = 0.005), persisting fatigue (p = 0.015), sleep changes (p = 0.046), and subjective cognitive complaints (p < 0.05). Recovered COVID-19 patients exhibit low resilience following hospital discharge, which affects psychological well-being. The presence of persisting symptoms following hospital discharge affects psychological resilience. Interventions tailored to increase resilience should be considered to improve quality of life for recovered COVID-19 patients.
AB - The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected people’s psychological well-being, and hospitalized patients could face an even greater risk of psychological distress. We aimed to study resilience in recovered COVID-19 patients after hospital discharge. We recruited 50 patients (38 males, aged 28–77) who were hospitalized for COVID-19 between March and April 2020. Participants underwent a psychological assessment 5 months after hospital discharge. We administered the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25), Beck’s Depression inventory-II (BDI-II), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y-form (STAI). We also evaluated the impact of persisting physical, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms on resilience. Patients reported low resilience in the months following hospital discharge (CD-RISC-25 score [mean ± SD] = 55.82 ± 20.76), compared to data from studies on the general population. Lower resilience was associated with mood disturbances in the months following clinical recovery (p = 0.005), persisting fatigue (p = 0.015), sleep changes (p = 0.046), and subjective cognitive complaints (p < 0.05). Recovered COVID-19 patients exhibit low resilience following hospital discharge, which affects psychological well-being. The presence of persisting symptoms following hospital discharge affects psychological resilience. Interventions tailored to increase resilience should be considered to improve quality of life for recovered COVID-19 patients.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Persisting symptoms
KW - Psychological well-being
KW - Resilience
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U2 - 10.3390/healthcare9091161
DO - 10.3390/healthcare9091161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114607302
SN - 2227-9032
VL - 9
JO - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
JF - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
IS - 9
M1 - 1161
ER -