The Impact of Long COVID-19 on Mental Health: Observational 6-Month Follow-Up Study

Sarah Houben-Wilke   ¹ , PhD ;   Yvonne MJ Goërtz   ^{1, 2, 3} , MSc ;   Jeannet M Delbressine   ¹ , MSc ;   Anouk W Vaes   ¹ , PhD ;   Roy Meys   ^{1, 2, 3} , MSc ;   Felipe VC Machado   ^{1, 2, 3} , MSc ;   Maarten van Herck   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , MSc ;   Chris Burtin   ⁴ , PhD ;   Rein Posthuma   ^{1, 2, 3} , MSc, MD ;   Frits ME Franssen   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD, Prof Dr ;   Herman Vijlbrief   ⁵ , MSc ;   Yvonne Spies   ⁵ , MSc ;   Alex J van 't Hul   ⁶ , PhD ;   Martijn A Spruit   ^{1, 2, 3} , Prof Dr ;   Daisy JA Janssen   ^{1, 7} , MD, Prof Dr

¹ Department of Research and Education, Ciro, Horn, The Netherlands

² School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

⁴ REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Research Institute, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

⁵ Lung Foundation Netherlands, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

⁶ Department of Pulmonary Disease, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

⁷ Care and Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands