Mental morbidities and chronic fatigue in severe acute respiratory syndrome survivors: long-term follow-up
MHB Lam, YK Wing, MWM Yu, CM Leung… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Short-term follow-up studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
survivors suggested that their physical conditions continuously improved in the first year but
that their mental health did not. We investigated long-term psychiatric morbidities and
chronic fatigue among SARS survivors. Methods All SARS survivors from the hospitals of a
local region in Hong Kong were assessed by a constellation of psychometric questionnaires
and a semistructured clinical interview for theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental …
survivors suggested that their physical conditions continuously improved in the first year but
that their mental health did not. We investigated long-term psychiatric morbidities and
chronic fatigue among SARS survivors. Methods All SARS survivors from the hospitals of a
local region in Hong Kong were assessed by a constellation of psychometric questionnaires
and a semistructured clinical interview for theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental …