Dear Editor,rnWe are very grateful and strongly appreciate Wang et al.for identifying the importance of providing psychological assessment and intervention for COVID-19 patients in the article“Holistic care for patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019:An expert consensus”published in the International Journal of Nursing Sci-ences[1].As we know,COVID-19 has impacted the psychological and mental health of the patients and their families or relatives.A study from Switzerland revealed that 19.1％of 126 COVID-19 pa-tients had psychological distress and 8.7％had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder 30 days after a hospital discharge.More-over,the study also revealed that the three factors independently associated with psychological distress in COVID-19 patients are resilience,high level of perceived stress,and low frequency of con-tact with relatives[2].A study from Italy also showed that from 402 adults surviving COVID-19,28％suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder,31％suffered from depression,and 42％suffered from anx-iety 30 days after a hospital discharge[3].Even at 6 months after COVID-19 infection,23％of 1,617 patients in Wuhan,China,re-ported the symptoms of anxiety and depression[4].These findings emphasize the need to provide psychological supports and inter-vention during hospitalization and even after a hospital discharge for patients.As front-line health workers,nurses need to regularly assess the patients\'psychological condition and emotional response to the COVID-19.Early identification of psychological distress and consult with mental health professionals is important as the secondary level of prevention[1].