Adults with high levels of anxiety due to COVID-19 during the first few months of the pandemic were more likely to experience uncontrolled asthma, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Health care providers should therefore assess the mental health of their patients and refer them to specialists as necessary, Kamal M. Eldeirawi, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor of epidemiology in the department of population health nursing science at University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing, and colleagues wrote.
The researchers conducted an online,