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cord-347816-e2xkzps9	Wesemann, U.	Influence of COVID-19 on general stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms among hospitalized high-risk patients	2020-08-14		.txt	text/plain	1165	45	49	key: cord-347816-e2xkzps9 authors: Wesemann, U.; Hadjamu, N.; Willmund, G.; Dolff, S.; Vonderlin, N.; Wakili, R.; Vogel, J.; Rassaf, T.; Siebermair, J. title: Influence of COVID-19 on general stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms among hospitalized high-risk patients date: 2020-08-14 journal: Psychological medicine DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720003165 sha: doc_id: 347816 cord_uid: e2xkzps9 nan To the Editor: A recently published study found a 96.2% prevalence rate for significant posttraumatic stress symptoms in quarantined patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (Bo et al., 2020) . Thereby, the rates for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in COVID-19 affected patients appear higher when compared to PTSD rates in the general population or in emergency service staff after terrorist attacks (11% to 25%; Berninger et al. 2010; Brackbill, Hadler, DiGrande, Ekenga, & Farfel, 2009; Schlenger et al. 2002; Wesemann et al., 2018b; Wesemann, Mahnke, Polk, & Willmund, 2020) .	cache/cord-347816-e2xkzps9.txt	txt/cord-347816-e2xkzps9.txt
