ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to explore the effects of psychological intervention on alleviating anxiety in patients in novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) isolation wards. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 24th, 2020 and March 5th, 2020, 103 patients were studied. Among these, 32 were patients in the isolation ward of the Infectious Disease Department in Baoding Second Hospital with suspected 2019-nCoV, and 71 patients diagnosed with 2019-nCoV were in the Tangshan Infectious Disease Hospital. Of the 103 patients included, 97 cases were observed in isolation. Using a self-control study design, each patient's anxiety was scored on a self-rating anxiety scale before receiving the psychological intervention (on the 7th day of isolation) and after receiving the intervention (on the 14th day of isolation). The severity of anxiety was evaluated based on the anxiety score before receiving the intervention. The anxiety scores before and after receiving the intervention were then compared using the paired t-test, and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: After receiving the psychological intervention once or twice a week, the anxiety of the patients improved significantly after one week. CONCLUSIONS: The anxiety of patients with 2019-nCoV in isolation wards can be alleviated through psychological intervention. By alleviating patient anxiety, this intervention also helps patients maintain their psychological wellbeing, which promotes rehabilitation and helps with the control of 2019-nCoV.
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Anxiety/prevention & control , COVID-19/psychology , Hospitals, Isolation , Psychosocial Intervention/methods , Quality of Life/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anxiety/psychology , China , Diagnostic Self Evaluation , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , SARS-CoV-2 , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
Introduction: The present study intends to explore the relationship between anxiety and the educational background of patients in two isolation wards on day 7 of isolation during the epidemic of COVID-19. Materials and methods: Between January 24 and March 5, 2020, 32 patients admitted to the isolation ward of the Infectious Diseases Department of Baoding Second Hospital with suspected COVID-19, and 71 patients in isolation in Tangshan Infectious Disease Hospital with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 were enrolled as the main research subjects, but the actual number of cases analyzed in the present study was 97. Their anxiety was measured by an anxiety scale (SAS scale) on day seven of their isolation. A t-test was used to compare the anxiety score data of the two groups, combined with a scatter plot analysis. P<0.01 was considered statistically significant. Results: There was a total of 97 patients, in two isolation wards, in the study, of whom 47 were male and 50 female. Nineteen of them had a degree above college level, while seventy-eight of them only had a college degree or lower. The results showed that there existed a correlation between the anxiety of patients in isolation during the COVID-19 epidemic and educational background, and that those with a degree above college level were more likely to develop anxiety. Conclusion: During the quarantine period, COVID-19 patients with a degree above college level were more likely to develop anxiety, and the degree of anxiety was more noticeable, while those with a lower level of education were relatively less anxious.