Lara Noronha Ferreira|Luís Nobre Pereira|Maria da Fé Brás|Kateryna Ilchuk
Quality of life under the COVID-19 quarantine
University of Algarve|University of Algarve|University of Algarve
covid19 spread rapidly throughout world causing thousands illnesses deaths fight pandemic almost governments health authorities focused prevention march april countries officials imposed home quarantine lockdown measures nationwide study sought assess healthrelated quality life hrqol anxiety levels among people portugal mandatory home quarantine due covid19 pandemic results compared general portuguese populations hrqol covid19 outbreak research also aimed understand factors influence respondents hrqol sample portugals population quarantined home n 904 filled online survey comprising generalized anxiety disorder 7item eq5d5l questions sociodemographic characteristics feelings duties activities quarantine sample weighted mirror general populations gender age education descriptive analyses correlation coefficients used evaluation respondents anxiety hrqol generalised linear models estimated identify determinants hrqol covid19 quarantine results show individuals quarantined home reported higher anxiety lower hrqol levels people anxiety tended lower hrqol females elderly individuals experienced highest levels anxiety poorest hrqol addition hrqol quarantine explained various occupational attitudinal variables well sociodemographic variables individuals mental health taken consideration pandemics emergency situations anxiety factors decrease peoples hrqol conjunction pandemics social economic consequences