Associations between periods of COVID-19 quarantine and mental health in Canada

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Daly, Zachary¹  Slemon, Allie¹  Richardson, Chris G.²  Salway, Travis³  McAuliffe, Corey¹  Gadermann, Anne M.²  Thomson, Kimberly C.²  Hirani, Saima¹  Jenkins, Emily K.¹ 

[1] Univ British Columbia, Sch Nursing, Vancouver, BC, Canada

[2] Univ British Columbia, Sch Populat & Publ Hlth, Vancouver, BC, Canada

[3] Simon Fraser Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Burnaby, BC, Canada

关键词: Quarantine;    Self-isolation;    Mental health;    Suicide;    self-harm;    COVID-19;    Public Health;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113631

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions, including Canada, have made use of public health measures such as COVID-19 quarantine to reduce the transmission of the virus. To examine associations between these periods of quarantine and mental health, including suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm, we examined data from a national survey of 3000 Canadian adults distributed between May 14-29, 2020. Notably, participants provided the reason(s) for quarantine. When pooling all reasons for quarantine together, this experience was associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm in the two weeks preceding the survey. These associations remained even after controlling for age, household income, having a pre-existing mental health condition, being unemployed due to the pandemic, and living alone. However, the associations with mental health differed across reasons for quarantine; those who were self-isolating specifically due to recent travel were not found to have higher odds of suicidal ideation or deliberate self-harm. Our research suggests the importance of accounting for the reason(s) for quarantine in the implementation of this critical public health measure to reduce the mental health impacts of this experience.

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