Lin, Yulan and Hu, Zhijian and Alias, Haridah and Wong, Li Ping (2021) Quarantine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan city: Support, understanding, compliance and psychological impact among lay public. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 144. ISSN 0022-3999, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110420.
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Objective: Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) outbreak, has been locked down on January 23, 2020. We conducted a study among the lay public in Wuhan to access their support, understanding of, compliance with, and the psychological impacts of the quarantine. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, online-based survey study between January 28, 2020, and February 2, 2020 among the adult lay public in Wuhan to access their support, understanding of, compliance with, and the psychological impacts of the quarantine. Multivariable logistic analysis was used to identify factors associated with psychological impacts. Results: Among the 4100 participants investigated, a total of 15.9% were compliant with all the five household prevention measures, whereas 74.4% were compliant with all the three community prevention measures investigated. By demographics, participants of younger age, higher income, residing in an urban area, knowing neighbors infected with COVID-19 reported significantly higher psychological impact score. Participants with a lower level of support for quarantine were more likely to have a higher psychological impact score (OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.07?1.96). Participants with a lower level of compliance with preventive measures (score of 0?19) reported higher psychological impact (OR = 1.40, 95% CI 1.22?1.60 vs. score 20?24). Participants who had been out of house socializing and attended public events expressed higher psychological impact. Conclusions: Support, understanding of the rationale for quarantine are essential in ensuring appropriate psychological well-being during the quarantine. Improvements in compliance with preventive measures are highly warranted and may bring about a reduction in psychological distress.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Pilot Project of the Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology (2020Y0005), Fujian Medical University's Rapid Response Funding Call for COVID-19 Related Research (2020YJ003) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Quarantine; Wuhan; Support compliance; Psychosocial impact; COVID-19 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2022 07:59 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2022 07:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/26624 |
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