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Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review
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Background Acute effects of COVID-19 can be life-threatening. Alterations in mental health during the active infection have been documented, but the long-term consequences are less clear. Method A systematic review was undertaken to investigate the effect of COVID-19 infection on long-term mental health outcomes. Three databases [PubMed, Medline (Ovid) and Cochrane library] were searched between 1st October 2019 and 29th August 2021 with additional hand searching to identify all published studies reporting symptoms of generalised anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or sleep disturbance in participants at least one month after COVID-19 infection. The prevalence and mean symptom score of each were assessed. Results Eight hundred and eighty five studies were found, of which 33 were included in the review involving a total of 6743 participants. The studies’ risk of bias were typically fair quality. The median study age of participants was 57.8 years (IQR 49.3–60.7), with 63.0% male (IQR 57.0%–73.0%). Participants typically experienced no or mild symptoms of long-term anxiety (GAD-7, STAI-S, HADS) and depression (PHQ-9, BDI, PHQ-2, HADS). Prevalence varied depending on the measurement tool. Sleep disturbances (primarily insomnia) were most commonly reported as mild. PTSD prevalence was similar to anxiety and depression. Conclusion The overall effect of the pandemic has been linked with worsening psychiatric symptoms. However, the long-term effect from direct COVID-19 infection has been associated with no or mild symptoms. Studies exhibited the long-term prevalence of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and sleep disturbances to be comparable to general population levels.
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“Participants typically experienced no or mild symptoms of long-term anxiety (GAD-7, STAI-S, HADS) and depression (PHQ-9, BDI, PHQ-2, HADS).”
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“Cohorts followed up for more than three months had half the prevalence of depression compared to those that were followed up for less than three months, reporting a prevalence of 10.36% and 20.84% respectively.”
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“One study reported no anxiety with an average score of 1.88 (95% CI = 0.68, 3.08; (Kang et al., 2021)”
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“This included 3431 patients 17.52% of whom were experiencing at least mildly severe anxiety symptoms.”
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“Depression prevalence in severe COVID-19 cases was 20.39% out of 309 patients, averaging none to mild symptoms of depression.”
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“An average MOS-SS score of 20.58 (95% CI = 19.95, 21.21) was reported representing mild symptoms of sleep disturbance (Mazza et al., 2020).”
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“Two studies used the ISI with an overall insomnia prevalence of 34.64% (Li et al., 2021, Morin et al., 2021).”
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“The prevalence of PTSD in severe cases of COVID-19 was 19% from 200 patients.”
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“Prevalence varied depending on the measurement tool.”
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“PTSD prevalence in cohorts followed up longer than three months was slightly higher than less than three months follow-up at 18.99% and 12.19% respectively (Supplement 8).”
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“Eight hundred and eighty five studies were found, of which 33 were included in the review involving a total of 6743 participants.”
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“The search resulted in a total of 885 articles (Fig. 1 - PRISMA flow chart). After title, abstract and full text screening, thirty-three studies were included”
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“The median study age of participants was 57.8 years (IQR 49.3–60.7), with 63.0% male (IQR 57.0%–73.0%).”
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“The median study age of patients was 57.8 years old (interquartile range [IQR] 49.3 to 60.7 years old) and the median study proportion of male participants was 63.0% male (IQR 57.0% to 73.0%).”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Abstract > Results
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“Finally, D'Cruz et al. (2021) reported a prevalence of 57%, however, since a validated tool was not used, this was excluded from the statistical summary.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Results > Secondary outcomes
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“the prevalence of sleep quality disturbance was 40% out of 30 cases, with most participants indicating no poor sleep.”
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“Nine studies excluded patients with a history of psychiatric disorders (Albu et al., 2021, Guo et al., 2020, Mazza, 2021, Mazza et al., 2020, Mendez et al., 2021, Negrini et al., 2020, Ortelli et al., 2021, Taquet et al., 2021, van den Borst et al., 2021) , with the other seventeen studies not specifying.”
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“Kang et al. (2021) and Wong et al. (2020) reported no depression overall, with average scores of 2.75 (95% CI = 1.21, 4.29) and 5.31 (95% CI = 4.23, 6.38).”
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“Seven studies included participants with a lifetime psychiatric history (de Graaf et al., 2021, Horn et al., 2020, Kang et al., 2021, Park et al., 2020b, Poyraz et al., 2021, Tarsitani et al., 2021) with a prevalence of 40%, 13.9%, 30%, 15.4%, 10% and 8% respectively, and (Noviello et al., 2021) included 4.8% and 1.3% patients with anxiety and depression history respectively.”
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“Studies exhibited the long-term prevalence of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and sleep disturbances to be comparable to general population levels.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Abstract > Conclusion
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“Past epidemics caused by SARS, MERS, or ebola have demonstrated that half of the survivors suffered from at least one of the psychiatric conditions examined in this review (Chua et al., 2004; Keita et al., 2017).”
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“Anxiety prevalence percentage was highest in GAD-7 studies, likely due to the low cut-off score used”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Discussion
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“The protocol for this study was published in the PROSPERO register (CRD42021239505, 2021).”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Materials and methods > Study design
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“Meta-analysis, as outlined in the protocol, was not deemed appropriate due to the expected clinical heterogeneity between studies.”
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“Symptoms were lower than the prevalence reported in a control group from one of the included studies (Noviello et al., 2021) and comparable to similar studies in the general public during the pandemic (Salari et al., 2020; Zhang et al., 2020; Krishnamoorthy et al., 2020), indicating relatively limited long-term anxiety in COVID-19 patients.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Discussion
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“We report the findings in adherence to the PRISMA guidelines.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Materials and methods > Study design
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“The definition of ‘long-term’ was pre-specified in our protocol”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Materials and methods > Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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“It found similarities in the trajectory of other coronavirus epidemics with a low prevalence of mental health conditions (Rogers et al., 2020).”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Introduction
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“Discrepancies were resolved by consensus.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Materials and methods > Risk of bias assessment
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“Moreover, the average GAD-7 scores from Hasan et al., 2021 and Gou et al. (2020) were higher than the general public before the COVID-19 pandemic in a German population (Löwe et al., 2008) while the average scores from Park et al., (2020b)) and Kang et al. (2021) were lower indicating uncertainty.”
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“Two investigators (TS and NWB) independently screened articles for inclusion.”
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“Even when disregarding the potential for over-sensitivity of diagnosis in the included studies, the overall prevalence for anxiety was lower compared with SARS, MERS, and ebola epidemics (Chua et al., 2004; Keita et al., 2017; Jeong et al., 2016) than studies that looked at short-term symptoms (Krishnamoorthy et al., 2020).”
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“A sensitivity analysis was conducted comparing outcome prevalence from at least 3 months post-diagnosis (excluding severe COVID-19 cases).”
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“Two independent authors (NWB and TS) assessed the risk of bias (RoB) using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) (Wells et al., 2000).”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Materials and methods > Risk of bias assessment
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“Conversely, Xiong et al. (2021) had the lowest prevalence which is likely to be due to clinical interviews which are less likely to result in overestimation compared to self-rated questionnaires.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Discussion
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“Longer-term assessment may also offer more reliable estimates and may also account for participants’ psychiatric history, the severity of COVID-19, and the lack of comparable controls.”
§ Long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health: A systematic review > Discussion > Strengths and limitations
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The findings from adult hospital or treatment-centre samples can be generalised to COVID-19 survivors outside those settings.
“All studies examined an adult sample from treatment centres or hospitals.”
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Mental health symptoms measured at follow-up are attributable to direct COVID-19 infection rather than to indirect pandemic effects.
“However, the long-term effect from direct COVID-19 infection has been associated with no or mild symptoms.”
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General-population mental health levels during the pandemic provide a valid benchmark for long-term mental health after COVID-19 infection.
“Studies exhibited the long-term prevalence of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and sleep disturbances to be comparable to general population levels.”
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The COVID-19 pandemic overall has been associated with worsening psychiatric symptoms.
“The overall effect of the pandemic has been linked with worsening psychiatric symptoms.”
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The PCL-5, TSQ, DTS, and IES-R instruments provide comparable measures of PTSD.
“As for PTSD, overall PCL-5 and TSQ scores were lower compared to DTS and IES-R scores.”
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“Studies conducted 1 year on from the onset of the pandemic have shown that its impact on mental health was on-going (Benke et al., 2022; Bourmistova et al., 2022; Fountoulakis et al., 2022)”
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PTSD follow-up trend reverses between results and discussion
MajorThe results report higher PTSD prevalence after more than three months than before three months. The discussion instead says the sensitivity analysis found a decrease with longer follow-up.
“PTSD prevalence in cohorts followed up longer than three months was slightly higher than less than three months follow-up at 18.99% and 12.19% respectively (Supplement 8).”
“Finally, the sensitivity analysis revealed a decrease in PTSD prevalence with longer follow-up.”
Anxiety instrument counts total 14 studies, not 15
MinorThe listed instrument groups contain five GAD-7 studies, one STAI-S study, seven HADS studies and one clinical-interview study. These add to 14, rather than the stated 15.
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“Fifteen studies assessed anxiety in mild to moderate COVID-19 cases (see Fig. 2 ), five using the GAD-7”
Mendez's PTSD score is assigned to conflicting instruments
MinorMendez is listed among studies using DTS, but its reported mean is subsequently described as a PCL-5 score.
“two studies using the DTS (Alemanno et al., 2021, Mendez et al., 2021)”
“Average PCL-5 scores of 8.00 (95% CI = 6.57, 9.43), 10.99 (95% CI = 9.37, 12.61) and 8.77 (95% CI = 6.42, 11.12) were reported by Guo et al. (2020), Mendez et al., 2021 and Kang et al. (2021) respectively.”
HADS anxiety study count changes from seven to six
MinorThe anxiety results first list seven studies using HADS, then describe six studies using it.
“seven using HADS(Morin et al., 2021, Noviello et al., 2021, Poyraz et al., 2021, Tanriverdi et al., 2021, Tomasoni et al., 2021, van den Borst et al., 2021, Venturelli et al., 2021)”
“Out of the six studies that used the HADS, only two reported mean scores both indicating an overall normal level of anxiety.”
The sole STAI-S anxiety study is attributed to different authors
MinorThe instrument list identifies Mazza as the one STAI-S study, but the subsequent description identifies Mendez as the only study using STAI-S.
“one using STAI-S (Mazza, 2021)”
“The only study using the STAI-S identified minor symptoms of anxiety with Mendez et al., 2021 reporting 33.66 (95% CI = 31.88, 35.44)”
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MinorOne declaration discloses an honorarium received by RS, while the later declaration says all authors have no conflicts of interest.
“RS has in the last three years received an honorarium from Lundbeck. BC, NB, TS and PB declare no conflicts of interest.”
“All authors declare no conflicts of Interest.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bourmistrova, N. W., Solomon, T., Braude, P., Strawbridge, R., & Carter, B.
- Affiliations
- King's College London (GB)
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Carter, Ben
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-02
- Volume
- 299
- Pages
- 118-125
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8758130
- OpenAlex
- W3213906311
- Semantic Scholar
- 822529366cca7ca42b197910253d2232de588965
- Cited by
- 369
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 79 · 2023: 121 · 2022: 69
- FWCI
- 8.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, long-term psychological effects, post-COVID-19 mental health, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders, insomnia
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Pandemics
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