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. 2020 Nov 9;8(2):130–140. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30462-4

Table 2.

Estimated incidence of first psychiatric diagnoses during the first 14 to 90 days after a diagnosis of COVID-19 compared with other health events

COVID-19
Influenza in matched cohort (n=26 497)
Other respiratory tract infection in matched cohort (n=44 775)
Skin infection in matched cohort (n=38 977)
Cholelithiasis in matched cohort (n=19 733)
Urolithiasis in matched cohort (n=28 827)
Fracture in matched cohort (n=37 841)
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) p value % (95% CI) p value % (95% CI) p value % (95% CI) p value % (95% CI) p value % (95% CI) p value
Psychiatric illness 5·8 (5·2–6·4) 2·8 (2·5–3·1) <0·0001 3·4 (3·1–3·7) <0·0001 3·3 (3–3·7) <0·0001 3·2 (2·8–3·7) <0·0001 2·5 (2·2–2·8) <0·0001 2·5 (2·2–2·7) <0·0001
Psychotic disorder 0·1 (0·08–0·2) 0·04 (0·01–0·10) 0·019 0·1 (0·06–0·16) 0·23 0·15 (0·096–0·24) 0·83 0·11 (0·054–0·24) 0·21 0·044 (0·016–0·12) 0·0051 0·16 (0·11–0·24) 0·77
Mood disorder 2·0 (1·7–2·4) 1·1 (0·9–1·3) <0·0001 1·5 (1·3–1·7) 0·0054 1·7 (1·5–1·9) 0·55 1·6 (1·3–1·9) 0·14 1·2 (1–1·4) 0·00011 1·4 (1·2–1·6) 0·0050
Anxiety disorder 4·7 (4·2–5·3) 2·2 (1·9–2·5) <0·0001 2·5 (2·2–2·8) <0·0001 2·4 (2·1–2·7) <0·0001 2·6 (2·2–3) <0·0001 1·8 (1·6–2·1) <0·0001 1·6 (1·4–1·8) <0·0001
Insomnia 1·9 (1·6–2·2) 0·6 (0·5–0·8) <0·0001 0·8 (0·7–1·0) <0·0001 0·89 (0·73–1·1) <0·0001 1·1 (0·88–1·4) <0·0001 0·57 (0·43–0·74) <0·0001 0·7 (0·57–0·85) <0·0001
Dementia in all participants 0·44 (0·33–0·60) 0·11 (0·06–0·20) 0·00044 0·25 (0·18–0·35) 0·00063 0·28 (0·20–0·39) 0·13 0·24 (0·14–0·38) <0·0001 0·16 (0·09–0·28) <0·0001 0·34 (0·25–0·44) 0·14
Dementia (among those ≥65 years) 1·6 (1·2–2·1) 0·66 (0·41–1·1) 0·0043 0·84 (0·61–1·1) 0·00071 0·70 (0·49–1·0) 0·00069 0·58 (0·36–0·94) <0·0001 0·60 (0·38–0·95) <0·0001 0·94 (0·68–1·3) 0·0036

p values obtained using a log-rank test. A breakdown of the results for different diagnoses of the anxiety disorders and mood disorders categories is provided in the appendix (pp 26–27).