Salud mental en pacientes con diagnóstico de Covid -19

Abstract

Abstract: OnDecember 2019, a number of cases of unknown pneumonia origin were reported in the People's Republic of China, which managed to spread across all the continents. The disease caused by the SARS COV-2 virus was called COVID-19 which apart from causing a series of detrimental symptoms to people's health, entails a series of mental disorders in the population directly affected by the virus; therefore, the main objective of this bibliographic review isto analyze the effects on health in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.The results of this study suggest that COVID-19 is associated with the possibility of developing mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress. The methodology used in this research was findingarticles related to mental health in patients with COVID-19 in different databases such as PUBMED, CLINICALKEY, SCIENCEDIRECT and SCOPUS.With a large study population obtaining a total of 13 articles, in which, it is determined that hospitalized patientsdiagnosed with COVID-19 have a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms. Onthe other hand, patients who have overcome the disease show symptoms of post-traumatic stress and anxiety.