A Survey Analysis of Psychological Impact on Chinese during Quarantine against COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: Few studies have investigated the psychological impact throughout a major epidemic, such as COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the psychological state of individuals experienced quarantine and to provide evidence to reduce the impact of quarantine after COVID-19.Methods: A questionnaire-based survey conducted by using an internet site using 631 individuals who lived in China in the year 2020. Spearman rank correlation analysis was used for the data analysis.Results: Approximately 9.97% of the study participants reported that they did not feel good about his or her health condition. Approximately 50.16% of participants had experienced various levels of anxious and nervous feelings. Approximately 5.91% of participants reported anxious or nervous feelings almost every day. By using the spearman rank correlation analysis, we observed that anxious and nervous feelings appeared to be correlated with the frequency of receiving negative news, current health situation and time spent on receiving information related to COVID-19.Conclusion: A long-term quarantine is likely to have some level of impact on health conditions among relatively healthy individuals. The survey study may suggest that government and hospital workers should pay close attention to the psychological change experienced by quarantined individuals.

Impact of COVID-19 First Wave on Psychological and Psychosocial Dimensions: A Systematic Review

“…Individuals with a higher level of COVID-19 knowledge were more likely to report a higher level of anxiety [16,23,41,157], but, despite this, up-to-date and accurate health information, along with being aware of the risks of the pandemic, were protective factors against the pandemic's psychological burden [186,226]. The exposure time to COVID-19 information was associated with greater anxiety levels [211,216,226,227], as well as worries and concerns about COVID-19 [37,118,223,228,229].…”