EMOTION DISORDER SCREENING IN CONFIRMED-POSITIVE CASE IN COVID-19 PATIENTS DOING SELF-ISOLATION
Sri Quintina Indriyana

Department of Public Health, Medicine Faculty Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi, Indonesia

Abstract

It has been almost one year since Indonesia reported the first case of COVID-19 on 2nd of March 2020 followed with fast spreading throughout Indonesia. The COVID-19 pandemic period has become a high stressor and impacted physically and psychologically for every individual, in particular for the people who have to do self isolation due to COVID-19. Most of the infected people are isolated at home to prevent the transmission of the virus and there are also some people who isolate themselves at the place referred by the government.
This case is aimed to raise the medical staff^s awareness of emotion disorder in confirmed positive case COVID-19.
A man of 23 years old, having a contact history with confirmed-positive case and after having swab PCR examination was confirmed positive. Even though the patient and his family have the readiness in doing the self isolation at home, but as the patient has his fear of infecting other members of the family therefore he does the self isolation in hospital for self isolation recommended by the government. The screening with Patient^s Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) showed that the patient was under mild depression (PHQ-9 score = 5) and medium anxiety (GAD-7 score =13). The complaints felt by the patient were anxiety, worry, nervousness, short temper, and feeling that something bad will happen. Other complaints were he was not interested to do any activity, trouble sleeping, fatigue, loss of appetite, and difficult to concentrate. Emotional mental disorder could also happen due to COVID-19 pandemic. Patient did not only need medical treatment but also psychological support, both from a medical caregiver and family.

Keywords: COVID-19. Emotional Disorder, Isolation, Screening

Topic: Public Health