New study links childhood trauma to COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- People who endured childhood adversity, like abuse or neglect, were more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 in adulthood, according to a new study by researchers of the University of Pittsburgh.

Higher self-reported childhood adversity was linked to 12 to 25 percent higher odds of COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality, according to the study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.