Psychosocial Effects of Isolation on Nipah Virus Infection Suspects during an Outbreak

CONCLUSIONS: Of the 81 subjects, 73 could be contacted with a response rate of 90.12%. The mean age was 38 years (SD = 15.43) and 13.7% were health care workers. 63% of the subjects experienced fear of death during isolation stay and 12.3% of the subjects had lost their relatives or friends to Nipah infection. The mean IES score obtained was 10.78 (SD: 9.679, range 0-49) and 5 subjects had above the cut off 22. Nipah outbreak had evoked significant psychological disturbances in subjects who remained in isolation with its negative impacts.PMID:34227775

Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - July 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Shyam Mohan Kannampulakkal Swathy Sheela Sudevan Harish M Tharayil Chandni Radhakrishnan Source Type: research