1. Introduction
obese, anxiety, psychoemotional sequelae, infection, overweight, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, insomnia, depression
INFECTION, OBESE
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a multi-professional intervention model on the mental health of middle-aged, overweight survivors of COVID-19. A clinical trial study with parallel groups and repeated measures was conducted. For eight weeks, multi-professional interventions were conducted (psychoeducation, nutritional intervention, and physical exercises). One hundred and thirty-five overweight or obese patients aged 46.46 ± 12.77 years were distributed into four experimental groups: mild, moderate, severe COVID, and control group. The instruments were used: mental health continuum-MHC, revised impact scale–IES-r, generalized anxiety disorder-GAD-7, and Patient health questionnaire PHQ-9, before and after eight weeks. The main results indicated only a time effect, with a significant increase in global MHC scores, emotional well-being, social well-being, and psychological well-being, as well as detected a significant reduction in global IES-R scores, intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, in addition to a reduction in GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scores (A high prevalence of people infected with COVID-19 had psychoemotional sequelae, such as anxiety (42%), depression (31%), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 28%), and insomnia (40%) after one month of hospital discharge infection [A cross-sectional study aimed to verify possible factors associated with depression, anxiety, and PTSD in 898 people after COVID-19, with almost one-third of them having symptoms of depression (43%), anxiety (45%), and PTSD (32%), and symptoms associated with loneliness and low-stress tolerance [Patients with overweight and especially, obese classified by body mass index (BMI) present increased risks of moderate and severe physical symptoms of COVID-19 [