<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stéphanie D’Hondt</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lydia Gisle</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robby De Pauw</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dieter Van Cauteren</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stefaan Demarest</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sabine Drieskens</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laura Cornelissen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karin De Ridder</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rana Charafeddine</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pierre Smith</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anxiety and depression in people with post-COVID condition: a Belgian population-based cohort study three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anxiety</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">dépression</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mental health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Post COVID-19 condition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2027</style></date></pub-dates></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Purpose: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most research has focused on the management of the acute symptoms&lt;br&gt;
of the disease. Yet some people tend to experience symptoms beyond the acute phase, defined as Post-COVID-19 Condition&lt;br&gt;
(PCC). This study aims to assess the impact of COVID-19 and PCC on anxiety and depression.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal cohort study among the Belgian adult population with recent SARS-CoV-2&lt;br&gt;
infection for which contact tracing was initiated. A total of 3127 people were followed-up just after their infection and three&lt;br&gt;
months later (from April 2021 to January 2022). Anxiety and depression were assessed at the two stages using the GAD-7&lt;br&gt;
(Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Results: Three months after infection, participants with PCC (50%) had an increased probability of having both anxiety and&lt;br&gt;
depressive symptoms (p &amp;lt; 0.001). The proportion with anxiety and depressive symptoms at three months were significantly&lt;br&gt;
higher in people with PCC (11% and 19%) compared to people without persistent COVID symptoms (3.8% and 4.2%) and&lt;br&gt;
to a matched sub-sample not infected with SARS-CoV-2 (6.5% and 4.3%). Having at least one acute COVID-19 symptom&lt;br&gt;
(p &amp;lt; 0.001), experiencing financial loss following the infection (p &amp;lt; 0.001), and different PCC symptoms were associated&lt;br&gt;
with anxiety and depressive symptoms worsening over time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Conclusions: This study showed that three months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, one in two people suffer from PCC with&lt;br&gt;
significant consequences for their mental health. Follow-up on mental health must therefore have an important place in&lt;br&gt;
people suffering from PCC.&lt;/p&gt;
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