Nnamdi Nkire|Kelly Mrklas|Marianne Hrabok|April Gusnowski|Wesley Vuong|Shireen Surood|Adam Abba?Aji|Liana Urichuk|Bo Cao|Andrew J. Greenshaw|Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong
COVID-19 Pandemic: Demographic Predictors of Self-Isolation or Self-Quarantine and Impact of Isolation and Quarantine on Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
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introduction sudden onset global dispersal sarscov2 virus many nations including canada attempted reduce spread resultant covid19 syndrome selfisolation quarantine seeking cure vaccine disease understanding impacts selfisolation selfquarantine stress anxiety depression help us mitigate issues appropriate development mental health services methods sample drawn individuals selfsubscribed text4hope service delivers text messages based cognitive behavioral therapy framework text4hope developed support albertans covid19 pandemic subscribers asked demographic information selfisolate selfquarantine pandemic via survey link mental health assessed using validated instruments perceived stress scale pss generalized anxiety disorder7 item scale gad7 patient health questionnaire9 phq9 descriptive statistics chisquare test results derived using statistical package social sciences spss version26 results 6041 32805 text4hope subscribers 184 completed survey respondents 192 selfisolated selfquarantined alberta march 31 2020 covid19 pandemic posthoc analysis using adjusted residuals suggested individuals aged 60 years age older retirees higher likelihood selfisolation selfquarantine compared respondents age employment characteristics oneweek prevalence rates selfreported measures moderate high stress likely generalized anxiety disorder gad likely major depressive disorder mdd 849 467 414 respectively respondents selfisolate selfquarantine covid19 pandemic significantly likely present moderate high stress significant anxiety symptomatology significant depressive symptomatology conclusions older age employment status significantly associated likelihood selfisolation selfquarantine found elevated selfreported levels anxiety depression associated selfreported covid19 pandemicrelated selfisolation selfquarantine activity findings mental health implications pandemic demonstrate need greater focus psychological complications selfisolation selfquarantine development optimal ways manage pandemic consequences