Chief Healthcare Executive May 25, 2022
Harvard researchers examined data from thousands of nurses. Those with depression or loneliness were significantly more likely to end up in the hospital.
Nurses struggling with depression or loneliness showed a greater risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health examined data from nearly 55,000 female nurses, including more than 3,600 who tested positive for COVID-19, between April 2020 and April 2021.
The study, published in Psychological Medicine, showed those who had reported long-term depression before the pandemic were 72% more likely to be hospitalized after contracting COVID-19.
Nurses who said they had feelings of loneliness were 81% more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than those...
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