Abstract

Introduction

Long-term COVID-19 effects has been recently described as persistent and prolonged symptoms after an acute and severe SARS-COV-2 (1). An important concern is that the sequelae of severe COVID-19 may suppose a substantial outpatient 's burden for the specialized services in reopening pandemic phase (2).

Objectives

To describe the frequency of mental health service use in COVID-19 hospitalized patients after discharge and to estimate the costs associated to the post- discharge consultations.

Methods

We used a 1-year follow-up cohort of 1455 COVID-19 inpatients hospitalized in La Paz University Hospital of Madrid, Spain between March 16th and April 15th, 2020. Data were retrieved from Psychiatry Service (PS) electronic health records and we described the frequency of mental health reason for consultation. We used information published by the Madrid health Office to estimate the cost of initial and following appointments.

Results

Our sample consisted of 1,455 patients admitted with a COVID-19 diagnosis between March 16th and April 15th, 2020, and then discharged. Roughly half of them were men (776, 53%), 238 (16%) had a prior history of mental health problems, and 44 (3%) died. 193 participants (13%) visited the mental health department after being discharged. The total cost was estimated in 103,581 USD, of which two-thirds corresponded to patients with prior history of mental health problems.

Conclusions

Our results indicate that the mental health burden of severe COVID-19 inpatient s after discharge was substantial during the first year of follow-up. This generate important economic impact to mental health providers and society at large.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Details

Title
Mental health service requirements after hospitalization due to COVID-19: a 1- year follow-up study
Author
J Andreo Jover 1 ; Vidal-Villegas, M P 1 ; Mediavilla, R 2 ; I Louzao Rojas 3 ; S Cebolla Lorenzo 3 ; E Fernández Jiménez 4 ; Muñoz-Sanjosé, A 5 ; Bravo-Ortiz, M F 6 ; Martinez-Ales, G 7 ; Bayón-Pérez, C 8 

 Autonomous University of Madrid, Department Of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain; Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Psychiatry And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain 
 Autonomous University of Madrid, Department Of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Cibersam, Madrid, Spain 
 La Paz University Hospital, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain 
 Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Psychiatry And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain 
 Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Psychiatry And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain; La Paz University Hospital, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain 
 Autonomous University of Madrid, Department Of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain; Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Psychiatry And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Cibersam, Madrid, Spain; La Paz University Hospital, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain 
 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Cibersam, Madrid, Spain; La Paz University Hospital, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain; Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Departament Of Epidemiology, Columbia, United States of America 
 Autonomous University of Madrid, Department Of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain; Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Psychiatry And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain; La Paz University Hospital, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, Madrid, Spain 
Pages
S381-S381
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Jun 2022
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
09249338
e-ISSN
17783585
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2708689519
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.