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Quality of life under the COVID-19 quarantine

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Ferreira, Lara N., Pereira, Luís N., da Fé Brás, Maria, Ilchuk, Kateryna·2021·Quality of Life Research

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Background COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout the world, causing thousands of illnesses and deaths. To fight this pandemic, almost all governments and health authorities have focused on prevention. In March or April, most countries' officials imposed home quarantine and lockdown measures nationwide.Purpose This study sought to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and anxiety levels among people in Portugal under mandatory home quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results were compared to the general Portuguese population's HRQoL before the COVID-19 outbreak. This research also aimed to understand the factors that can influence the respondents' HRQoL.Methods A sample of Portugal's population quarantined at home (n = 904) filled in an online survey comprising the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item and the EQ-5D-5L and other questions about sociodemographic characteristics, feelings, duties and activities during the quarantine. The sample was weighted to mirror the general population's gender, age and education. Descriptive analyses and correlation coefficients were used to evaluation the respondents' anxiety and HRQoL. Generalised linear models were estimated to identify determinants of HRQoL during the COVID-19 quarantine.Results The results show that individuals quarantined at home reported higher anxiety and lower HRQoL levels and that people with more anxiety tended to have a lower HRQoL. Females and elderly individuals experienced the highest levels of anxiety and poorest HRQoL. In addition, HRQoL during the quarantine can be explained by various occupational and attitudinal variables, as well as sociodemographic variables.Conclusion Individuals' mental health should be taken into consideration during pandemics or other emergency situations. Anxiety and other factors can decrease people's HRQoL, in conjunction with the pandemic's social and economic consequences.

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  • Anxiety symptom severity is negatively correlated with quality of life among individuals under COVID lockdown conditions, with females, older individuals, unemployed individuals, and individuals with or caring for a chronic medical condition experiencing lower quality of life.

    “Supporting prior research, anxiety symptom severity was negatively correlated with QOL among individuals under COVID lockdown conditions, with females, older individuals, unemployed individuals, and individuals with or a caretaker for a chronic medical condition experiencing lower levels of QOL [87, 88].”

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Authors
Ferreira, L. N., Pereira, L. N., da Fé Brás, M., & Ilchuk, K.
Affiliations
University of Algarve (PT)
Corresponding author
Ferreira, Lara N.
Venue
Quality of Life Research
Published
2021-01-02
Volume
30
Issue
5
Pages
1389-1405
ISSN
  • 0962-9343 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2649
OpenAlex
W3119797038
Cited by
318
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 82 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 1
FWCI
44.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Quality of Life Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Universidade de Coimbra
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UIDP/SOC/04020/2020)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, home quarantine, lockdown, health-related quality of life, anxiety, GAD-7, EQ-5D-5L, sociodemographic factors, gender differences, older adults, working conditions, mental health during pandemic, Portugal
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Anxiety, Female, Humans, Male, Quality of Life, Quarantine, Pandemics

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