Iranian psychosocial status during and after COVID-19 outbreak mandatory quarantine: A cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Vahid Ehsani, Mahlagha Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Zakeri, Mahboobeh Maazallahi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Population Psychological intervention Anxiety Iran law.invention Young Adult law Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Quarantine Pandemic medicine Humans education Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Public health COVID-19 Middle Aged Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Communicable Disease Control Regression Analysis Female General Health Questionnaire business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Journal of community psychologyREFERENCES. 49(7) |
| ISSN: | 1520-6629 |
| Popis: | Quarantine, one of the most effective protection measures, plays an essential role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, along with quarantine, can have devastating consequences for individuals' mental and social health. This study examined the psychosocial status of individuals during and after quarantine in the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 714 individuals in the general population during (365) and 3 months after quarantine (349) in southeastern Iran. Data were collected using General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) based on an online questionnaire. Data were collected from April 13 to April 20, 2020 (in quarantine) and 3 months later from August 20 to September 20, 2020. Psychological disorders in the quarantined population were significantly higher than that after quarantine. The risk of a mental disorder in the quarantined population was 1.54 times higher than that after quarantine. The results showed that quarantine is associated with a significant level of psychosocial disorders; therefore, interventions should be considered to reduce the effects of quarantine on the mental health of general population as a public health priority at the community level. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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