Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.157

COMPARISON OF PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 HOSPITALIZED IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND NON-INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Yaşar Kapici ; Adıyaman University, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry Department, Adıyaman, Turkey
Atilla Tekin orcid.org/0000-0002-2281-6719 ; Adıyaman University, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry Department, Adıyaman, Turkey

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to compare of psychiatric symptoms in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in intensive
care units and non-intensive care units.
Subjects and methods: 3351 hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 were retrospectively scanned, and 130 of patients were
checked by attending consultation psychiatrists.
Results: The mean age of the patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in ICU (75±11.3) was higher than those hospitalized in non-
ICU (57.9±14) (p<0.001). The rate of patients aged 65 and over was higher in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized ICU (86.3%)
than those hopitalized in non-ICU (40.5%) (p<0.001). The frequency of psychiatric consultations due to delirium was higher in the
patients hospitalized in ICU than those hospitalized in non-ICU (p<0.001). Haloperidol and SSRIs were preferred more frequently
by psychiatrists in the patients hospitalized in ICU than those hospitalized in non-ICU (p<0.001 and p=0.041, respectively).
Conclusions: Insomnia and delirium are the most frequent psychiatric manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and
delirium and anxiety are more common in the COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized in ICU.

Keywords

COVID-19; psychiatric symptoms; delirium; insomnia; anxiety; depression

Hrčak ID:

277530

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/277530

Publication date:

3.5.2022.

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