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The Outcome of the Psychological and Therapeutical Care of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: National African Pilot Study

Yassine BENHADDOUCH
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Nour ELhouda Fares
,
Soumaya BENMAAMAR
,
Youssef OUAZZANI HOUSNI TOUHAMI
,
Amine BOUT
,
Chadya AARAB
,
Said BOUJRAF
,
Rachid AALOUANE
Version 1 : Received: 23 March 2024 / Approved: 23 March 2024 / Online: 25 March 2024 (08:08:12 CET)

How to cite: BENHADDOUCH, Y.; Fares, N.E.; BENMAAMAR, S.; OUAZZANI HOUSNI TOUHAMI, Y.; BOUT, A.; AARAB, C.; BOUJRAF, S.; AALOUANE, R. The Outcome of the Psychological and Therapeutical Care of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: National African Pilot Study. Preprints 2024, 2024031410. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1410.v1 BENHADDOUCH, Y.; Fares, N.E.; BENMAAMAR, S.; OUAZZANI HOUSNI TOUHAMI, Y.; BOUT, A.; AARAB, C.; BOUJRAF, S.; AALOUANE, R. The Outcome of the Psychological and Therapeutical Care of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: National African Pilot Study. Preprints 2024, 2024031410. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1410.v1

Abstract

Introduction: Hospitalization in a COVID-19 unit represents a significant source of stress and psychological distress for patients. Our study aims to determine the factors of psychological distress in the therapeutic and psychosocial management of patients hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out over 8 months at the COVID-19 zone of the CHU HASSAN II of FES. 99 patients were evaluated within days of diagnosis by psychometric scales of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. In the course of this follow-up, we found the presence of psychological impacts in these patients, and we tried to find correlating factors between the occurrence of psychiatric disorders and the set of factors related to sociodemographic data, hospitalization course and treatments taken, as well as family support. Results: 35% of patients had scores in favor of post-traumatic stress disorder, 37% of the patients had definite depression and 50% had anxiety. Post-traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety were correlated with sociodemographic factors, hospitalization, treatments received, and length of stay. Conclusion: The prevalence of anxiety-depressive disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder was high in patients with COVID-19, hence the interest in providing psychological and psychosocial care in the emergency department.

Keywords

Anxiety; depression; post-traumatic stress; hydroxychloroquine; family support; intensive care

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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