Open AccessThe experiential impact of isolation and quarantine on patients during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Author(s) -
Krishan Kumar,
Shweta Jha,
Mohit Sharma,
Rajni Sharma,
Shubh Mohan Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_178_20
Subject(s) - quarantine , isolation (microbiology) , pandemic , social isolation , worry , anxiety , covid-19 , social distance , qualitative research , psychological intervention , psychology , medicine , loneliness , mental health , population , psychiatry , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , social science , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Most countries around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there are quantitative studies on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care professionals and other population groups, there are few studies that have evaluated the experiences of patients in the initial phases of the pandemic.