E.S. KLYACHINA, O.G. SMOLENSKAYA, S.S. VEDENSKAYA

 UralStateMedicalUniversity, Ekaterinburg

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Klyachina E.S.— Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Faculty Therapy, Endocrinology, Allergology and Immunology

Address:3 RepinaSt., Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation,620028, tel.: +7-904-985-60-95, e-mail:katrina.s.sharm@gmail.com

Psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are increasingly being reported in the scientific literature.

The purpose — to assess the level of anxiety and depression in patients with cardiological complaints with concomitant cardiovascular pathology during the acute period of COVID-19 and after discharge from the Infectious Diseases Hospital.

Material and methods.An observational cross-sectional study of 129 patients with concomitant cardiological pathology was conducted. All patients completed the Spielberg — Hanin questionnaire and the Beck scale.

Results.Personal and situational anxiety was statistically significantly more often registered among patients in hospital with COVID-19 than in those hospitalized in the Cardiology Department (p=0.002; p=0.001). The chances of depression in patients hospitalized in the Cardiology department were 2.82 times lower compared to patients with COVID-19, p=0.045. Among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital, increased situational anxiety was registered in almost all patients from the two groups (92.5; 95.92%), which may be due to the presence of COVID-19.

Conclusions.Anxiety (personal and situational) and depression were statistically significantly more often registered among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with cardiovascular complaints, compared with patients hospitalized in a Cardiology Hospital without COVID-19. In patients with cardiological pathology who had had COVID-19, increased anxiety and depression persist for six months after discharge.

Key words: COVID-19, anxiety, depression.

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