Immediate psychological distress in quarantined patients with COVID-19 and its association with peripheral inflammation: A mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT: Since the end of 2019, Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the cause of a worldwide pandemic. The mental status of patients with COVID-19 who have been quarantined and the interactions between their psychological distress and physiological levels of inflammation have yet to be analyzed. Using a mixed-method triangulation design (QUAN + QUAL), this study investigated and compared the mental status and inflammatory markers of 103 patients who, while hospitalized with mild symptoms, tested positive with COVID-19 and 103 matched controls that were COVID-19 negative. The severity of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) was measured via an on-line survey. Using a convenience sampling technique, qualitative data were collected until the point of data saturation

SUBMITTER: Guo Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235603 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature