Differences in mental health and health-related quality of life between the Israeli and Italian population during a COVID-19 quarantine.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Severe restrictions related to COVID-19 were implemented almost simultaneously in Italy and Israel in early March 2020, although the epidemic situation in both countries was significantly different. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how and to what extent the severe restrictions affected the mental health and health-related quality of life of non-infected people, in a comparison between Israel and Italy.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted during the first week of May 2020 among 510 Israeli and 505 Italian participants. Anxiety and depression levels were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), and the short form-8 health survey (SF-8) questionnaire measured health-related quality of life. Linear hierarchic regression for

SUBMITTER: Amit Aharon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7808402 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature