Emotion Disorder Screening in a Confirmed-Positive Case in Covid-19 Patient Undergoing Self-Isolation

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10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.066How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19, emotional disorder, self isolation, screening

Abstract

It has been almost one year since Indonesia reported the first case of COVID-19 on 2nd of March 2020 followed with its fast spreading throughout Indonesia. This period of COVID-19 pandemic has become a high stressor and impacted physically and psychologically for every individual, in particular for the people who have to undergo self isolation due to COVID-19. Most of the infected people are isolated at home to prevent the transmission of the virus, and there are also some people who isolate themselves at the place referred by the government. This case is aimed to raise the medical staff’s awareness of emotion disorder in confirmed positive case COVID-19. A man of 23 years old, having a contact history with a confirmed-positive case, was confirmed positive after having a swab PCR examination. The patient, supported by his family, was ready to self isolate at home, but as the patient had his fear of infecting the other members of the family, he underwent the self isolation in a hospital for self isolation recommended by the government. The screening with Patient’s Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) showed that the patient was under mild depression (PHQ-9 score = 5) and medium anxiety (GAD-7 score =13). The complaints felt by the patient among others were anxiety, worry, nervousness, short temper, and feeling that something bad might happen. Other complaints were his loss of interests in doing any activity, trouble sleeping, fatigue, loss of appetite, and difficulty concentrating. Emotional mental disorders could also happen due to COVID-19 pandemic. The patient needed not only medical treatment but also psychological support from both a medical caregiver and family.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sri Quintina Indriyana
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/24
TI  - Emotion Disorder Screening in a Confirmed-Positive Case in Covid-19 Patient Undergoing Self-Isolation
BT  - Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, International Symposium on "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response during COVID 19 Pandemic" (ASMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 302
EP  - 307
SN  - 2468-5739
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DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.066
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