ASSESSEMENT OF THE PROPORTION OF ANXIETY DISORDER AND SOME RELATED FACTORS IN PATIENTS AFTER RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 INFECTION

Do Duc Thuan, Pham Ngoc Thao1
1 Bệnh viện Quân y 103

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Objective: To investigate the proportion of anxiety disorder and some related factors in patients after recovery from COVID-19 infection. Methods: A total of 111 patients after recovery from COVID-19 infection was recruited from February 2022 to May 2022 at Military Hospital 103. Anxiety disorder was assessed using the Anxiety - Depression assessment questionnaire. Stress (DASS-21). Analysis of variance was used to compare anxiety disorder score among patients recovery from mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19. Results: the proportion of patients with anxiety disorders after recovery from COVID-19 infection was 22.5%. Increased anxiety disorder score was observed in patients who smoked and recovered from severe COVID-19 infection. Conclusion: Increased rate of anxiety disorders in patients after recovery from COVID-19 infection. Smoking and severe COVID-19 infectionw were the risk factors to increase the rate of anxiety disorders in patients after recovery from COVID-19.

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