Mental Health Issues in Covid 19 Recovered Patients of Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Background: Corona virus belongs to the coronaviridea family. Its variant, the severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) is a beta coronavirus causing the current Covid-19 outbreak in humans. This virus not only has pathological effects, but it also affects psychologically. Our study aims to find out the mental changes affecting the COVID recovered patients. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried at Central Park Medical College from July 2021- August 2021 to assess the psychological stress and anxiety among COVID-19 recovered patients. Data was collected from 96 COVID-19 recovered patients through a self-designed questionnaire using convenient sampling design. Results: The mean age of the participants was 28.07 + 12.45 SD in years. About 44.8% of the participants were female. Approximately 79% participants were graduated or above. About 52.4% of the participants who were infected from COVID-19 mentioned that they lost their appetite during illness. Nearly 71.4% of the participants mentioned that they were more anxious during the illness. Conclusion: Nearly two third participants had sad feelings. A high percentage of respondents had some level of anxiety. Most of the participants reported sudden and panic attacks after COVID. Many respondents said that they were trying to overcome these mental after affects of COVID.