Mental health consequences of isolation of patients with COVID-19.

OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on the mental health on the population. It is unknown if the different types of patient isolation affect them equally. The objective of the study was to determine if the effect on the psychological discomfort caused by the isolation of the population with COVID-19 in a hotel supervised by health professionals was different compared with those who were isolated at home.

METHODS: Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 during the first pandemic wave in Barcelona, consecutively selected from the Primary Care lists. A telephone survey was carried out to collect information about mental health in patients who were isolated in a hotel compared to those isolated at their homes. Descriptive statistics were performed and the study variables were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, count (percentage), Chi-square test, and Student's t-test. Logistic regression models were carried out selecting frustration and anger/irritability as response variables.

RESULTS: Of the 89 patients included, 45 (50.6%) were isolated at their homes and 44 (49.4%) at the hotel. Frustration was identified in 48.3% and irritability in 29.2% of the most patients. Most of those who presented frustration were between 45 and 65 years old, while 50% of those who felt irritability were younger. Multivariate models confirmed that patients isolated at home showed a higher risk of frustration (Odds ratio 4,12; 95% Confidence interval 1,60-11,49) and irritability (Odds ratio 3,81; 95% Confidence interval 1,32-12,10), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients isolated at home show a higher risk of presenting feelings of frustration and irritability than isolated patients in supervised hotels.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de salud publica - 96(2022) vom: 21. Juli

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Consecuencias en la salud mental del aislamiento de pacientes con COVID-19

Beteiligte Personen:

Navas, Elena [VerfasserIn]
López, Merce [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Abós-Herrándiz, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Gallego, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Tobella, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Turmo, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Monclús, Alba [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, Alba [VerfasserIn]
Rami, Artur [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Isolation
Journal Article
Mental health
Primary care
Spain

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.07.2022

Date Revised 25.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343862808