Mental health of orthopaedic trauma patients during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

ConclusionOur study showed a higher prevalence of psychiatric disease among orthopaedic trauma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic when compared with those seen during the same time of the year in 2019. Stress induced by the coronavirus pandemic can place patients with mental illness at a higher risk for perilous behaviours and subsequent fractures.
Source: International Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research