• Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
LIU Xiangmin, Email: 1046631714@qq.com
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Objective To understand the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) and perceived stress in suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients quarantined in hospital.Methods A cross-sectional study of 93 suspected COVID-19 patients in one of grade-A tertiary hospital in Southwest China was carried out to evaluate the incidence of perceived stress and post-traumatic stress symptoms among these patients using the standardized Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) and PTSD Checklist-5 (PCL-5), respectively. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between PCL-5 and PSS-10 scores.Results Total PSS-10 and PCL-5 scores were 16.7±5.2 and 17.0±11.6 in 93 suspected COVID-19 patients, respectively. Positive correlations between PSS-10 and PCL-5 scores were detected (Pearson’s r=0.722, P=0.000).Conclusions The occurrence and development of PSTD of suspected COVID-19 patients have the relationship with the early perceived pressure. It suggests that medical staff should identify and intervene the perceived pressure level of patients who are under quarantine as suspected COVID-19 early and effectively, so as to reduce the occurrence of PTSD.

Citation: ZHANG Yaozhi, LIU Xiangmin, XUE Miao, LUO Lan, HE Guoqing, FENG Peilu, JIANG Xue, XIE Li. The correlation between post-traumatic stress disorder and perceived stress in suspected COVID-19 patients quarantined in hospital. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020, 19(4): 325-329. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.202005021 Copy

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