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Associations Between COVID-19 Isolation, PCR Test Status, and Reported Symptoms and PHQ-2 Scores
Chariz Seijo
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-3712
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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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depression, emerging infectious diseases, PHQ-2, COVID-19
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Associations Between COVID-19 Isolation, PCR Test Status, and Reported Symptoms and PHQ-2 Scores
Chariz Seijo
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-3712
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CURRENT STATUS: Under Review
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Posted 21 Jan, 2021
No community comments so far
Review #1 received
Received 03 Feb, 2021
Editorial decision: Reject after review
On 03 Feb, 2021
Reviewer #3 agreed
On 31 Jan, 2021
Review #3 received
Received 31 Jan, 2021
Review #2 received
Received 27 Jan, 2021
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 26 Jan, 2021
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 24 Jan, 2021
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 24 Jan, 2021
Editor assigned
On 15 Jan, 2021
Submission checks complete
On 15 Jan, 2021
Editor invited
On 15 Jan, 2021
First submitted
On 03 Dec, 2020
Metrics
Comments: 0
PDF Downloads: ...
HTML Views: ...
Subject Areas
Infectious Diseases
License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
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.