For Adults In The UK, Preexisting Neuropsychiatric Conditions, Having A Prescription For Related Treatment Appear To Carry Significantly Increased Risk Of Severe Outcomes From COVID-19, Other Severe Acute Respiratory Infections, Research Suggests

Healio (11/11, Herpen) reported, “For adults in the U.K., preexisting neuropsychiatric conditions and having a prescription for a related treatment carried a significantly increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 and other severe acute respiratory infections,” investigators concluded in a study that “utilized the QResearch database of English primary care records and created two separate longitudinal cohorts, one prepandemic (2015 to 2020) group of 11,134,789 adults…and one contemporary (2020 to 2021) group of 8,388,956 adults.” The findings were published online Nov. 9 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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— “Preexisting neuropsychiatric conditions linked to higher risk for respiratory infections “Robert Herpen, MA, Healio, November 11, 2022

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