Quality of Life of People in Quarantine and Isolation Centers

Sidra Iftikhar; Asif Azeem Bajwa; Muzaffar Ahmed; Neelam Sarwar; Asif Hanif; Omer Ismail Khalid

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v73i4.9615

Authors

Sidra Iftikhar Department of Psychiatry, Combined Military Hospital, Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Asif Azeem Bajwa Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Institute of Mental Health/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Muzaffar Ahmed Department of Psychiatry, Combined Military Hospital, Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Neelam Sarwar Department of Psychiatry, Combined Military Hospital, Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Asif Hanif Prof of Biostatistics, University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Lahore Pakistan
Omer Ismail Khalid Department of Psychiatry, Arrahma Hospital for Mental Health, Multan Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v73i4.9615

Keywords:

COVID-19, Isolation, Quality of life, Quarantine, WHOQOL-BREF

Abstract

Objective: To assess the quality of life of people in quarantine and isolation centres in the Rawalpindi Cantonment area.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Isolation Centre of Pak Emirates Military Hospital and Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine Rawalpindi Pakistan and various Quarantine Centres in the Rawalpindi Cantonment area, from Aug 2020 to Mar 2021.

Methodology: A total of 187 individuals were included in the study. All participants were requested to fill out the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) Urdu or English version according to their education level and preference.

Results: There were 108(57.75%) cases who remained in isolation, and 79(42.25%) cases were from quarantine. Quarantined individuals reported significant reduction not only in total score (p<0.001) but also in all four domains, including physical health (p=0.042), psychological health (p<0.001), environmental health (p<0.001), and social health (p<0.001).

Conclusion: It is concluded that the quality of life was low for the people included in the study. Further comparison found that the median quality of life of people in quarantine was statistically lower than in isolation centres.