title: Is quarantine related to immediate negative psychological consequences during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether being quarantined to contain H1N1 flu transmission is related to immediate negative psychological consequences or not.
  
  
  METHODS
  Immediate psychological consequences were evaluated with the 20-item Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) among 419 undergraduate students (176 being quarantined and 243 being nonquarantined).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant difference was found between the quarantined group and the nonquarantined group for IES-R screening-positive rate or SRQ-20 screening-positive rate. Multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that dissatisfaction with control measures was the significant predictor of both SRQ-20 positive screening (OR=2.22) and IES-R positive screening (OR=2.22).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results are consistent with the conclusion that quarantine does not have negative psychological effects under these circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310028, PR China.
authors.forename: Yongguang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Baihua
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guoqiu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Rifang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Sufen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011790:Quarantine / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult