Mental health among patients in a COVID-19-dedicated facility

Compliance, Barriers, and Facilitators to Social Distancing Measures for Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020

“…A modeling study including 178 countries reveled that social distancing mandates a trade-off between diseases risk and economic activity. Poorer people are less able to make those economic sacrifices 27 .…”

Changes in patients’ outlook, behaviors, and attitudes toward COVID-19 after hospitalization and their experiences of discrimination and harassment

“…There are studies worldwide describing changes in outlooks, perspectives, and views on health in patients with COVID-19, including experiences with discrimination and harassment [4,5]. Regarding changes in patients' outlook, attitudes, and views on health, a study conducted in Bangladesh showed that the overall prevalence of anxiety and depression for COVID patients was 55.7% and 87.3%, respectively [4].…”

“…Additionally, 50.58% answered that they would avoid people from the Hubei Province, and 16.94% answered that they would actively drive people from the Hubei Province out of their area [3]. Patients with COVID-19 wards face many problems, such as lack of communication and social support and a possible impact on mental health is suggested even in asymptomatic patients [5]. Changes in views on health have been associated with anxiety and depression, and the incidents of some form of discrimination and harassment resemble the cases reported in the Hubei Province of China.…”

“…The impacts of COVID-19 are a concern [3] and some reports describe changes in mental health, well-being, and views on health for patients who contracted COVID-19. There have been reports of patients experiencing discrimination and harassment [4,5]. However, no comprehensive studies exist on such changes or experiences among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Japan.…”