Abstract：
COVID-19 patients and survivors quite often experience depressive symptoms, which can increase risk for lower immune system response and poorer recovery. Vulnerability to depressive symptoms may be elevated in those patients who have the most severe COVID-19 course of illness, that is, patients who require supplementary oxygen therapy or even intubation. The current study involved a unique sample of patients who were hospitalized due to COVID-19 and who required respiratory support (N = 34, 10 women) in which we investigated depressive symptoms as well as psychopathological personality traits (PID5) as predictors. The majority of patients (76.5%) presented some degree of depressive symptoms. Although we expected severe levels of depressive symptoms to be most prevalent, more patients showed rather moderate levels. At the same time, Negative Affectivity was most predictive of depressive symptoms. We suggest that medical care for patients with greater emotional sensitivity and vulnerability to stress be supplemented with psychological support in order to address depressive symptoms and foster recovery.
摘要：
COVID-19患者和幸存者经常出现抑郁症状，这会增加免疫系统反应降低和恢复不良的风险。在COVID-19病程最严重的患者中，抑郁症状的脆弱性可能会升高，也就是说,需要补充氧疗甚至插管的患者。当前的研究涉及因COVID-19住院并需要呼吸支持的患者的独特样本（N=34，10名女性），其中我们调查了抑郁症状以及精神病理学人格特征（PID5）作为预测因子。大多数患者（76.5％）出现一定程度的抑郁症状。虽然我们预计严重程度的抑郁症状最普遍，更多的患者表现出相当中等的水平。同时,负面情感是抑郁症状的最大预测因素。我们建议对情绪敏感和容易受到压力的患者进行医疗护理，并辅以心理支持，以解决抑郁症状并促进康复。
