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2022 Oct 10


BMC Psychiatry


22


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An explanatory model of depressive symptoms from anxiety, post-traumatic stress, somatic symptoms, and symptom perception: the potential role of inflammatory markers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Authors

Villarreal-Zegarra D, Paredes-Angeles R, Mayo-Puchoc N, Vilela-Estada AL, Copez-Lonzoy A, Huarcaya-Victoria J
BMC Psychiatry. 2022 Oct 10; 22(1):638.
PMID: 36210450.

Abstract

The context of the COVID-19 pandemic has harmed the mental health of the population, increasing the incidence of mental health problems such as depression, especially in those who have had COVID-19. Our study puts forward an explanatory model of depressive symptoms based on subjective psychological factors in those hospitalized for COVID-19 with and without biological markers (i.e., inflammatory markers). Therefore, we aim to evaluate the hypotheses proposed in the model to predict the presence of depressive symptoms.