Psychological Evaluation of the First Quarantined People due to COVID-19 in Turkey
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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has started to appear in 2019, and has become an epidemic. Practices of quarantine, reported to have negative psychological effects in the past, have become widespread. In this study our aim was to examine the psychological conditions of individuals who were taken under quarantine. The sample of this study consisted of 42 individuals who came from Wuhan and were quarantined. All individuals were evaluated through questionnaires to provide psychological support to those in need during that process. Questionnaires were applied to all individuals on a voluntary basis and 30 questionnaires were evaluated. In the monitoring group, the difficulty caused by the risk of infection rather than quarantine stress appeared to be effective on anxiety and peritraumatic dissociation symptoms and at the end of quarantine, no difference has been observed in terms of traumatic stress levels and anxiety scores in the monitoring group compared to the beginning of quarantine. A need for psychosocial support may arise due to psychological impact related to risk of infectious diseases during quarantine practices.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İç Hastalıkları
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
İrfan Şencan
Türkiye
Yasemin Koçyiğit
0000-0002-9907-2551
Türkiye
Şebnem Erdinç
Türkiye
Sami Kınıklı
0000-0002-9661-7851
Türkiye
Ayşe Büyükdemirci
0000-0002-2161-0508
Türkiye
Esra Yüksekkaya
0000-0001-6218-056X
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
29 Nisan 2022
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Ekim 2020
Kabul Tarihi
27 Eylül 2021
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2022 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1