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COVID‑19‑related psychiatric manifestations requiring hospitalization: Analysis in older vs. younger patients

  • Authors:
    • Fabiola Sârbu
    • Violeta Diana Oprea
    • Alin Laurențiu Tatu
    • Eduard Polea Drima
    • Cristina Ștefănescu
    • Aurel Nechita
    • Gelu Onose
    • Aurelia Romila
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  • Published online on: June 7, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11424
  • Article Number: 497
  • Copyright: © Sârbu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The complex manifestations of COVID‑19 include psychiatric symptoms, having multifaceted profiles with varying severity during the acute phase and further during the recovery period. Limited data exist which have analyzed whether there are any age‑related differences. A study lot of 89 COVID‑19 patients with mild‑to‑moderate SARS‑CoV‑2 infection requiring hospitalization for mental issues provided comparative data from two age groups below and above 60 years. The majority of patients had new onset of a mental issue during COVID‑19, 24.7% of the total lot being diagnosed with depressive disorder. The senior patient set had a significantly higher prevalence of sleep disorder vs. the younger study group (53.3 vs. 28.8%), depression (33.3 vs. 10.2%) and cognitive impairment (26.7 vs. 8.5%), while patients <60 years of age had a higher prevalence of hallucinations, delirium and bizarre behavior. Psychiatric manifestations are an important part of the symptomatology of COVID‑19, sometimes requiring hospitalization. Age‑related neuropsychiatric substrate could explain some of these differences between the two study subgroups. Further data are needed to complete the acute and long‑term distinctive profiles of COVID‑19‑related mental illness in older and younger patients.
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Sârbu F, Oprea VD, Tatu AL, Drima EP, Ștefănescu C, Nechita A, Onose G and Romila A: COVID‑19‑related psychiatric manifestations requiring hospitalization: Analysis in older vs. younger patients. Exp Ther Med 24: 497, 2022
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Sârbu, F., Oprea, V.D., Tatu, A.L., Drima, E.P., Ștefănescu, C., Nechita, A. ... Romila, A. (2022). COVID‑19‑related psychiatric manifestations requiring hospitalization: Analysis in older vs. younger patients. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 24, 497. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11424
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Sârbu, F., Oprea, V. D., Tatu, A. L., Drima, E. P., Ștefănescu, C., Nechita, A., Onose, G., Romila, A."COVID‑19‑related psychiatric manifestations requiring hospitalization: Analysis in older vs. younger patients". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24.2 (2022): 497.
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Sârbu, F., Oprea, V. D., Tatu, A. L., Drima, E. P., Ștefănescu, C., Nechita, A., Onose, G., Romila, A."COVID‑19‑related psychiatric manifestations requiring hospitalization: Analysis in older vs. younger patients". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24, no. 2 (2022): 497. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11424