title: [Psychological and physical presentations of severe acute respiratory syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the relation between psychological symptoms and physical parameters in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at different stages of the disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical parameters such as SCL-90, chest CT, T lymphocytes and subset and SaO2 were studied in 29 SARS patients at three different stages (initial stage, serious stage, rehabilitating stage).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with SARS showing severe psychological symptoms constituted about 41% (group I) and patients with SARS showing mild psychological symptoms (group II) constituted about 59%. There were no change of the psychological symptoms at the three stages in group I and II (P > 0.05). Statistical differences were found between physical parameters of group I and II in rehabilitating stage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Severe psychological symptoms such as obsession, depression and anxiety were found in a minority of patients with SARS and the psychological symptoms were not related with the change of physical parameters. The majority of the patients with SARS did not have severe psychological symptoms. Whether or not psychological symptoms were related to their personality needs further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China. wjmd@263.net
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: An-Wen
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-Zhuang
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Lian-Yuan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Wei-Hui
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Rong-Hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*