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Article: Physical and mental health outcomes including behavior and attitudes in people having social contacts with COVID-19 patients

TitlePhysical and mental health outcomes including behavior and attitudes in people having social contacts with COVID-19 patients
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Editor(s):Saw, YM
Issue Date2021
PublisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action
Citation
PLoS One, 2021, v. 16 n. 2, p. article no. e0245945 How to Cite?
AbstractThe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection has spread worldwide since late 2019. People who have social contacts with COVID-19 patients might be at higher risk of physical or mental health problems. This study investigated whether people who had social contacts with COVID-19 patients would have poorer physical or mental outcomes, and different attitudes and behaviors. Chinese adults were recruited to fill in an online survey using snowball sampling during 21st-26nd February 2020. Physical symptoms, psychological outcomes, quality of life, COVID-19 related attitudes, and behaviors were measured. The differences in the outcomes between participants who had COVID-19 social contacts and those who had not were analyzed. The survey included 1,447 non-infected eligible participants. Among those, 173 (12.0%) reported at least one confirmed/suspected case in their social contacts. In the multiple regression adjusted for demographic data, the presence of confirmed/suspected infection cases in one’s social contacts was significantly associated with poorer physical and mental outcomes, lower health-related quality of life, and different COVID-19 related attitudes and behaviors (p<0.05). In conclusion, people who had social contacts with COVID-19 patients were at risk of adverse health outcomes. Future studies are needed to understand the long-term impacts. Similarly, strategies to improve health outcomes for these people are needed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/306157
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839
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dc.contributor.authorXu, Z-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, D-
dc.contributor.authorXu, D-
dc.contributor.authorLi, X-
dc.contributor.authorXie, YJ-
dc.contributor.authorSun, W-
dc.contributor.authorLee, EKP-
dc.contributor.authorYip, BHK-
dc.contributor.authorMo, PKH-
dc.contributor.authorXiao, S-
dc.contributor.authorWong, SYS-
dc.contributor.editorSaw, YM-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T10:19:35Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-20T10:19:35Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One, 2021, v. 16 n. 2, p. article no. e0245945-
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/306157-
dc.description.abstractThe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection has spread worldwide since late 2019. People who have social contacts with COVID-19 patients might be at higher risk of physical or mental health problems. This study investigated whether people who had social contacts with COVID-19 patients would have poorer physical or mental outcomes, and different attitudes and behaviors. Chinese adults were recruited to fill in an online survey using snowball sampling during 21st-26nd February 2020. Physical symptoms, psychological outcomes, quality of life, COVID-19 related attitudes, and behaviors were measured. The differences in the outcomes between participants who had COVID-19 social contacts and those who had not were analyzed. The survey included 1,447 non-infected eligible participants. Among those, 173 (12.0%) reported at least one confirmed/suspected case in their social contacts. In the multiple regression adjusted for demographic data, the presence of confirmed/suspected infection cases in one’s social contacts was significantly associated with poorer physical and mental outcomes, lower health-related quality of life, and different COVID-19 related attitudes and behaviors (p<0.05). In conclusion, people who had social contacts with COVID-19 patients were at risk of adverse health outcomes. Future studies are needed to understand the long-term impacts. Similarly, strategies to improve health outcomes for these people are needed.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action-
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS One-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titlePhysical and mental health outcomes including behavior and attitudes in people having social contacts with COVID-19 patients-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLi, X: sxueli@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityLi, X=rp02531-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0245945-
dc.identifier.pmid33529204-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7853483-
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dc.identifier.hkuros328207-
dc.identifier.volume16-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. e0245945-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. e0245945-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000616736200036-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-

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