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World J Clin Cases. May 26, 2024; 12(15): 2560-2567
Published online May 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i15.2560
Mental health status among COVID-19 patients survivors of critical illness in Saudi Arabia: A 6-month follow-up questionnaire study
Abdullah M Alhammad, Namareq F Aldardeer, Abdulaziz Alqahtani, Mohammad H Aljawadi, Bushra Alnefaie, Raghad Alonazi, Mansour Almuqbil, Abdulrahman Alsaadon, Rakan M Alqahtani, Rashid Alballaa, Bader Alshehri, Mohammed I Alarifi, Fahad D Alosaimi
Abdullah M Alhammad, Mohammad H Aljawadi, Mansour Almuqbil, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia
Namareq F Aldardeer, Department of Pharmacy Services, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah 21499, Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Alqahtani, Corporate Department of Pharmacy Services, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia
Bushra Alnefaie, Raghad Alonazi, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Alsaadon, Rakan M Alqahtani, Rashid Alballaa, Bader Alshehri, Mohammed I Alarifi, Department of Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia
Fahad D Alosaimi, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia
Author contributions: Alhammad AM contributed to resources, data curation, visualization, supervision, project administration; Alqahtani A contributed to investigation. Aljawadi MH contributed to formal analysis; Alhammad AM, Aldardeer NF, and Alosaimi FD contributed to conceptualization; Alhammad AM and Aldardeer NF contributed to methodology; Alhammad AM and Alosaimi FD contributed to validation; Alhammad AM and Aldardeer NF contributed to writing-original draft; Alhammad AM, Aljawadi MH, Alnefaie B, Alonazi R, Almuqbil M, Alsaadoon A, Alqahtani RM, Alballaa R, Alshehri B, Alarifi MI, and Alosaimi FD contributed to writing-review and editing.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of King Saud University (reference number: E-19-4182). All methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided verbal informed consent to participate and authorized their de-identified data to be used in this publication.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author reports no conflicts of interest in this work.
Data sharing statement: The dataset supporting the conclusions of this article is available by request from the corresponding author.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 statement.
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Corresponding author: Abdullah M Alhammad, BSc, PharmD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia. aalhammad@ksu.edu.sa
Received: December 22, 2023
Revised: February 11, 2024
Accepted: April 8, 2024
Published online: May 26, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: The study describes the mental health status among critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors. Long COVID can occur anytime 3-4 wk from the onset of COVID-19 symptoms. In our study, we followed up on the patients 6 months post-discharge. This study is the first to be conducted among Arabic populations in the Middle East using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, validated in the Arabic population. Public health stakeholders and practitioners need to understand some of the psychological consequences of COVID-19 infection, which could be used for future collaborative efforts to optimize patient care.