Bidirectional correlation between COVID-19 and psychological disorders: a prospective cohort study of patients with COVID-19

We attempted to conduct a two-year prospective cohort study on patients with COVID-19 and healthy peers as a control group to estimate the odds and risks of being diagnosed with psychiatric disorders as a result of infection by corona virus. In this prospective cohort study, 1186 subjects, including 865 patients with COVID-19 and 321 healthy individuals as the control group, were recruited from the community and clinics. During and two years after the acute phase of COVID-19, participants completed the demographic questionnaire, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHO-QOL-BREF), and the psychiatric interview using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5). Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and Risk Ratio (RR) were calculated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Statistic and Data Analysis (Stata) software. Uninfected people experienced substantially better QOL compared to infected people ( P