Home Quarantine Induced Health Anxiety During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Evidence From Iraq.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the compliance to voluntary home quarantine and to examine the prevalence and associated factors of health anxiety among the voluntary home quarantined population during the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

An online survey questionnaire, including the health anxiety questionnaire, was administered to 1578 eligible adults from the general population of 19 governorates of Iraq.

Results

Self-reported compliance with home confinement was reported by a majority of respondents (83%) and was followed to a larger extent by young adults (62.2%), females (53.9%), unmarried individuals (56.7%), university graduates (54.5%), unemployed individuals (48.6%), and inhabitants of the northern provinces (50.2%). Complia

SUBMITTER: Taha PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8943275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature