Long-Term Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 and Isolation Care on Survivor Disability and Anxiety

Authors

David Brett-Major, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
David S. Cates, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
James V. Lawler, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Chad Vokoun, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Angela L. Hewlett, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Daniel W. Johnson, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Elizabeth R. Schnaubelt, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Michael C. Wadman, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Christopher J. Kratochvil, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
M. Jana Broadhurst, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal Title

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Publication Date

2021

Volume

105

Abstract

We conducted an assessment of disability, anxiety, and other life impacts of COVID-19 and isolation care in a unique cohort of individuals. These included both community admissions to a university hospital as well as some of the earliest international aeromedical evacuees. Among an initial 16 COVID-19 survivors that were interviewed 6-12 months following their admission into isolation care, perception of their isolation care experience was related to their reporting of long-term consequences. However, anxiety and disability assessed with standard scores had no relationship with each other. Both capture of the isolation care experience and caution relying on single scoring systems for assessing long-term consequences in survivors are important considerations for on-going and future COVID-19 and other pandemic survivor research.

DOI Link

10.4269/ajtmh.21-0192

ISSN

1476-1645

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Brett-Major, David; Cates, David S.; Lawler, James V.; Vokoun, Chad; Hewlett, Angela L.; Johnson, Daniel W.; Schnaubelt, Elizabeth R.; Wadman, Michael C.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; and Broadhurst, M. Jana, "Long-Term Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 and Isolation Care on Survivor Disability and Anxiety" (2021). Journal Articles: Epidemiology. 55.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/coph_epidem_articles/55