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Longer-term mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection in people with severe mental illness: retrospective case-matched study.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Fernandez-Egea, Emilio  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4128-8955
Lewis, Jonathan R 

Abstract

Persisting symptoms and dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 infection have frequently been observed. However, information on the aftermath of COVID-19 is inadequate. We followed up people with severe mental illness (SMI) infected with SARS-CoV-2, and evaluated their longer-term mortality, using data from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK. We examined the time course and duration of mortality risk from the point of diagnosis. After SARS-CoV-2 infection, people with SMI had a substantially higher risk of death (hazard ratio (HR) = 5.16, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.56-17.03; P = 0.007) during the first 28 days and during the following 28-60 days (HR = 2.96, 95% CI 1.21-7.26; P = 0.018) than those without infection, but after 60 days the additional risk of death was no longer significant (HR = 2.33, 95% CI 0.83-6.53; P = 0.107).

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Keywords

SARS-CoV-2 infection, Severe mental illness, mortality, retrospective case-matched

Journal Title

BJPsych Open

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Journal ISSN

2056-4724
2056-4724

Volume Title

7

Publisher

Royal College of Psychiatrists
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_17213)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (IS-BRC-1215-20014)