Associations Between COVID-19 Isolation, PCR Test Status, and Reported Symptoms and PHQ-2 Scores
Objective: Increases in the incidence of mental illness is a concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fear of becoming ill may compound the stress of loneliness in isolation. Using a unique COVID-19 symptom reporting dataset, we examine whether quarantine status, test status, and reported symptoms are predictive of clinical depression, as measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-2 scores.
Results: We find that those who test positive for COVID-19 are at six-fold risk of clinical depression, and may require clinical intervention.
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Associations Between COVID-19 Isolation, PCR Test Status, and Reported Symptoms and PHQ-2 Scores
Posted 21 Jan, 2021
Received 03 Feb, 2021
On 03 Feb, 2021
On 31 Jan, 2021
Received 31 Jan, 2021
Received 27 Jan, 2021
On 26 Jan, 2021
Invitations sent on 24 Jan, 2021
On 24 Jan, 2021
On 15 Jan, 2021
On 15 Jan, 2021
On 15 Jan, 2021
On 03 Dec, 2020
Objective: Increases in the incidence of mental illness is a concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fear of becoming ill may compound the stress of loneliness in isolation. Using a unique COVID-19 symptom reporting dataset, we examine whether quarantine status, test status, and reported symptoms are predictive of clinical depression, as measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-2 scores.
Results: We find that those who test positive for COVID-19 are at six-fold risk of clinical depression, and may require clinical intervention.