Protecting mental health in quarantine: Exploring lived experiences of healthcare in mandatory COVID-19 quarantine, New South Wales, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia implemented mandatory hotel quarantine for returned international travellers from March 2020-November 2021. Healthcare was rapidly transformed and scaled up to facilitate delivery of face-to-face and virtual healthcare within quarantine facilities. We sought to understand, from the patient perspective, what a virtual model of healthcare may need to be aware of to respond to, protect, and mitigate people's mental health within a 'public health protection' context of quarantine.

Design

Qualitative study design using in-depth semi-structured interviews exploring experiences of the virtual model of healthcare in quarantine.

Setting

Special Health Accommodation (SHA) quarantine facilities following Australian Feder

SUBMITTER: Fotheringham P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9805377 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature