Factors Influencing Elevated Mortality Rates of Patients with Schizophrenia Hospitalized with COVID

The objective of this study was to evaluate if a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the context of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization increased the risk for people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia to be intubated, admitted to the ICU or die when compared to people hospitalized with COVID-19 who did not have schizophrenia. This was accomplished by doing a retrospective chart review of 123 people with schizophrenia and matched controls. Although we found elevated rates of these outcomes in the patients with schizophrenia, our analysis attributed these differences to congregate living, rather than the illness itself.PMID:34800242 | DOI:10.1007/s10597-021-00917-3

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - November 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kathleen A Crapanzano Sydney Smith Rebecca Hammarlund Source Type: research