Open AccessAssessment of Psychological Stress among Quarantined COVID-19 Patients
Author(s) -
Krishnaraju Venkatesan,
Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani,
Premalatha Paulsamy,
Absar Ahmed Qureshi,
Ziyad Mohammed Alshahrani,
Hamna Fahad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i44a32643
Subject(s) - stressor , pandemic , coping (psychology) , covid-19 , distress , feeling , quarantine , mental health , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , cross sectional study , psychiatry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social psychology , pathology
Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been causing a worldwide pandemic since the end of 2019. This study looked at the mental health of COVID-19 patients who had been quarantined. This cross-sectional study included fifty COVID - 19 patients who were under quarantine. Online self-reported questionnaires were used in the study. Demographic data and an inventory of pandemic-related stress factors (PRSF) were used to analyse COVID-19-related stress domains. The quarantined COVID - 19 patients had pandemic related stress among themselves. Lack of knowledge about infectiveness and virulence (78%), sleep disorders (94%), financial concerns (92 %) and feeling isolated and avoidance by others (90%) were the most common stressors. Eighty two percent of the patients felt that they were being protected by the family and relatives and only 48% felt that the government is taking the responsibility of protecting them. The findings show that COVID-19 patients in quarantine reported severe psychological distress. As a result, this study urge that required measures be taken to alleviate COVID-19 patients stress, with special focus paid to patients perceptions of stigma and coping techniques.