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Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey
Aims: Understanding of the perceived stress and coping strategies adopted by people is important for contemplating the consequences of a pandemic on mental health of people globally. In this study, we intended to assess the perceived stress status under quarantine/isolation globally during the COVID...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8186534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.656664 |
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description | Aims: Understanding of the perceived stress and coping strategies adopted by people is important for contemplating the consequences of a pandemic on mental health of people globally. In this study, we intended to assess the perceived stress status under quarantine/isolation globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a multicentre, multinational cross-sectional study that recruited isolated/quarantined individuals suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 to assess the psychological impact of the quarantine/isolation experience by answering a survey distributed online. Results: The study was conducted across 63 participating countries, gaining 1,871 valid responses. There was a higher proportion of female participants in the Moderate to High Perceived Stress Scores (MH-PSS) group compared to the Low Perceived Stress Score group (66.0 vs. 52.0%) and a higher proportion of individuals whose marital status was single had MH-PSS (57.1%). Also, individual's religion (Christian, Hindu, and Muslim), no formal education level, being exposed to a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patient, being forced to be quarantined/isolated, uncomfortable feeling during quarantine period may significantly increase the risk of MH-PSS (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Many factors can predict stress in COVID-19 pandemic including female sex, being single, religion, no formal education, involuntary quarantine, location and reason of quarantine/isolation, and place of exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-81865342021-06-09 Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Aims: Understanding of the perceived stress and coping strategies adopted by people is important for contemplating the consequences of a pandemic on mental health of people globally. In this study, we intended to assess the perceived stress status under quarantine/isolation globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a multicentre, multinational cross-sectional study that recruited isolated/quarantined individuals suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 to assess the psychological impact of the quarantine/isolation experience by answering a survey distributed online. Results: The study was conducted across 63 participating countries, gaining 1,871 valid responses. There was a higher proportion of female participants in the Moderate to High Perceived Stress Scores (MH-PSS) group compared to the Low Perceived Stress Score group (66.0 vs. 52.0%) and a higher proportion of individuals whose marital status was single had MH-PSS (57.1%). Also, individual's religion (Christian, Hindu, and Muslim), no formal education level, being exposed to a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patient, being forced to be quarantined/isolated, uncomfortable feeling during quarantine period may significantly increase the risk of MH-PSS (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Many factors can predict stress in COVID-19 pandemic including female sex, being single, religion, no formal education, involuntary quarantine, location and reason of quarantine/isolation, and place of exposure. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8186534/ /pubmed/34113270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.656664 Text en Copyright © 2021 TMGH-Global COVID-19 Collaborative. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey |
title | Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey |
title_full | Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey |
title_fullStr | Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey |
title_short | Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey |
title_sort | perceived stress of quarantine and isolation during covid-19 pandemic: a global survey |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8186534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.656664 |
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