Summary Persisting symptoms and dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 infection have frequently been observed. However, information on the aftermath of COVID-19 is inadequate. We followed up people with severe mental illness (SMI) infected with SARS-CoV-2, and evaluated their longer-term mortality, using data from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK. We examined the time course and duration of mortality risk from the point of diagnosis. After SARS-CoV-2 infection, people with SMI had a substantially higher risk of death (hazard ratio (HR) = 5.16, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.56–17.03; P = 0.007) during the first 28 days and during the following 28–60 days (HR = 2.96, 95% CI 1.21–7.26; P = 0.018) than those without infection, but after 60 days the additional risk of death was no longer significant (HR = 2.33, 95% CI 0.83–6.53; P = 0.107).
【저자키워드】 Mortality, SARS-COV-2 infection, Severe mental illness, retrospective case-matched, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Infection, Diagnosis, Symptom, death, Trust, information, mortality risk, dysfunction, risk of death, NHS, higher risk, 95% CI, 95% confidence interval, hazard ratio, foundation, mental illness, Cambridgeshire, Course, examined, evaluated, infected with SARS-CoV-2, 【제목키워드】 retrospective, Mental,