People with Suspected COVID-19 Symptoms Were More Likely Depressed and Had Lower Health-Related Quality of Life: The Potential Benefit of Health Literacy
Hoang C Nguyen et al. J Clin Med. 2020.
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] epidemic affects people's health and health-related quality of life [HRQoL], especially in those who have suspected COVID-19 symptoms [S-COVID-19-S]. We examined the effect of modifications of health literacy [HL] on depression and HRQoL. A cross-sectional study was conducted from 14 February to 2 March 2020. 3947 participants were recruited from outpatient departments of nine hospitals and health centers across Vietnam. The interviews were conducted using printed questionnaires including participants' characteristics, clinical parameters, health behaviors, HL, depression, and HRQoL. People with S-COVID-19-S had a higher depression likelihood [OR, 2.88; p < 0.001], lower HRQoL-score [B, -7.92; p < 0.001]. In comparison to people without S-COVID-19-S and low HL, those with S-COVID-19-S and low HL had 9.70 times higher depression likelihood [p < 0.001], 20.62 lower HRQoL-score [p < 0.001], for the people without S-COVID-19-S, 1 score increment of HL resulted in 5% lower depression likelihood [p < 0.001] and 0.45 higher HRQoL-score [p < 0.001], while for those people with S-COVID-19-S, 1 score increment of HL resulted in a 4% lower depression likelihood [p = 0.004] and 0.43 higher HRQoL-score [p < 0.001]. People with S-COVID-19-S had a higher depression likelihood and lower HRQoL than those without. HL shows a protective effect on depression and HRQoL during the epidemic.
Keywords: COVID-19; comorbidity; coronavirus; depression; epidemic; health literacy; health-related quality of life; healthy eating; physical activity; suspected COVID-19 symptoms.
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