Determination of the Relationship between Globus-Type Complaints and COVID-19 Anxiety in Adult Cases with COVID-19.
Yasemin Akbaş, Güzide Atalık, Metin Yılmaz and 1 others
PMID 37573781WHAT IT FOUND
Adults with acute COVID-19 reported significantly more severe globus-type throat symptoms than healthy controls, though anxiety levels did not differ between the groups.
Symptoms decreased substantially after the first month. A weak link between throat symptoms and anxiety was found only in the COVID-19 group.
Key findings
01GETS-T total scores were significantly higher in the COVID-19 group than in the non-COVID-19 group.
02There was no statistically significant difference in CAS total scores between the COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 groups.
03A weak positive correlation exists between globus symptom severity and anxiety scores within the COVID-19 group.
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What it does not show
The study relied on self-reported symptoms via telephone interview without direct clinical assessment of the throat. Recall bias is possible due to the retrospective nature of some symptom reporting. The study did not account for overall disease burden as a potential confounding variable. The control group was selected to match the COVID-19 group, but other factors like thyroid disease prevalence differed significantly between groups.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest, and no funding sources were provided for the study.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that COVID-19 infection causes higher anxiety levels compared to healthy controls. The study found no significant difference in anxiety scores between the two groups. The link between anxiety and throat symptoms was weak and observed only within the COVID-19 group, not as a general effect of the infection itself.