Urgent comprehensive approach to treat sleep disorders, depression and fatigue, due to covid

Europa Press, Afp and The Independent

Newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, April 19, 2022, p. 13

Madrid. A team of researchers from the Center for Cognition and Decision-Making of the HSE and the Central Russian State Medical Academy conducted a study on sleep disorders, mood and fatigue after having covid.

In their work, published in the scientific journal Neuroscience and Behavioral Psychologyscientists point out that these factors are interrelated and recommend a comprehensive approach to treat the problem effectively.

The study involved 119 hospitalized patients with confirmed covid-19 diagnoses who completed four questionnaires about depression, anxiety, fatigue and sleep disorders. Patients with higher than average scores on the results of the questionnaires also underwent psychiatric interviews.

The survey detected high levels of mood and sleep disorders among study participants. Overall, 28 percent of those surveyed reported impaired mood, 27 percent experienced impaired sleep quality, and 73 percent experienced fatigue.

Higher levels of fatigue increased the risk of anxiety and depression. Likewise, increased anxiety and mood deterioration also affected general vitality.

Physicians often attribute patients’ rapid loss of energy to the organic consequences of the infection, missing the anxiety and mood disturbances that may be masked by the disease.

It is feared that thousands of people who cannot work due to the effects of covid are running out of financial support, the British newspaper reported. The Independent.

More than 300,000 Britons have been left with debilitating and lingering symptoms after contracting the virus, but fewer than 1,000 have successfully claimed government disability benefits.

Efficacy of Modern

Meanwhile, the antibodies generated by the Pfizer vaccine increase more slowly and decrease more quickly than those generated by the Moderna vaccine, according to a new study from the University of Virginia, United States.

US Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle declared the federal obligation to wear face masks on public transportation illegal after ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority in imposing the requirement.

The pandemic has left 504 million 847 thousand 716 confirmed cases and 6 million 199 thousand 566 deaths in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University.