Long-term psychiatric morbidities among SARS survivors

• Published in: General hospital psychiatry Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 318 - 326
• Main Authors: Mak, Ivan Wing Chit, Chu, Chung Ming, Pan, Pey Chyou, Yiu, Michael Gar Chung, Chan, Veronica Lee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort; Cohort Studies; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder - etiology; Disaster Planning; Female; Health Services Needs and Demand; Health Surveys; Hong Kong - epidemiology; Hospitals, General; Hospitals, Religious; Human viral diseases; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Morbidity; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Prevalence; Psychiatric; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Quality of Life - psychology; Retrospective Studies; SARS survivors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - complications; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - psychology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology; Survivors - psychology; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Hong Kong; Asia; China; Cohort; SARS survivors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric; Social environment; Human; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Survivor; Anxiety disorder; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Long term; Stress; Infection; Viral disease; Mental disorder; Diagnosis; Public health

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was the first massive infectious disease outbreak of the 21st century. However, it is unlikely that this outbreak will be the last. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term psychiatric morbidities in survivors of SARS. This is a cohort study designed to inv...