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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 59-65 |
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Psychological impact of quarantine and isolation on patients, carers, and frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Ovais Wadoo1, Naveed Nazir Shah2, Mudasir M Firdosi3, Arshad Hussain2, Mehvish Mushtaq2, Aaliya Mohi-uddin Azad2, Sami Ouanes1, Zaid Khan2, Shahid Majid2, Waseem-ud Din2, Sabeena Qadri2, Shuja Reagu4
1 Mental Health Services, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
2 Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
3 Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent, United Kingdom
4 Mental Health Services, Hamad Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mudasir M Firdosi
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent
United Kingdom
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/JIMPH.JIMPH_9_22
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Background and Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on the mental well-being of the general population and the impact is reported to be more in people in isolation/quarantine facilities and frontline healthcare workers managing patients in such facilities. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health is yet to be fully understood by family carers who attend to the patient for basic nursing care in hospital settings. We set out to bridge this gap by exploring the psychological impact on patients, carers, and frontline healthcare workers. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a COVID-19 tertiary care treatment facility. Consecutive adult patients admitted for quarantine and isolation purposes, their immediate carers, and frontline workers were included in the study. Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety-Depression Scale was used to study the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: In the patient group, the prevalence of depression was 60.2% and the prevalence of anxiety was 53%. In the carer group, the prevalence of depression was 46.2% and the prevalence of anxiety was 49.2%. In the healthcare worker group, the prevalence of depression was 16.7% and the prevalence of anxiety was 33.3%. Interpretation and Conclusions: COVID-19 has led to an increasing reliance on home and hospital carers. Our study underlines an important finding that the psychological impact is significant not only on the patients who contract the infection but also on their carers. |
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