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TORONTO New evidence suggests that up to a third of those who fought COVID-19 and recovered are now battling something else â symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Although more than 800,000 people in Canada have recovered from COVID-19 infections, those who make it to the other side can be left haunted by what they have experienced. For people like Ashley Comrie, who spent over two months in hospital with COVID-19, the aftermath can be debilitating. âI think you re just so happy when you first get home, that [â¦] you don t really want to examine the fact that you re not the same,â she told CTV News.
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In a single-center Italian study, about 30% of patients who recovered from COVID-19 developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), researchers found.
Among the 381 patients who were followed, those who developed PTSD were more likely to be women (55.7%), had higher rates of history of psychiatric disorder (34.8%), and were more likely to have had delirium or agitation during their acute illness (16.5%), Delfina Janiri, MD, of Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, and colleagues reported in a
They also had more persistent medical symptoms after their initial illness (62.6%), the researchers found. Further longitudinal studies are needed to tailor therapeutic interventions and prevention strategies, they wrote, noting that their finding of 30.2% is consistent with rates seen for other coronaviruses SARS and MERS.
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Airline Passengers are seen at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Thanksgiving as travelers are ignoring CDC warnings to avoid holiday travel while COVID-19 cases are surging across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic on November 25, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Credit: Alamy
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