title: Association between depression and contact precautions in veterans at hospital admission.
abstract: Contact Precautions (CP) have been associated with depression and anxiety. We enrolled 103 patients on admission to a VA hospital and administered the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS). The mean unadjusted HADS score was 10% higher in patients on CP (14.3 vs 13.0; P = .47), and the association was stronger after adjusting for other variables (mean difference, 2.2; P = .21). Although underpowered, in the largest study to date, patients on CP tended toward more depression and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. hday@epi.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Hannah R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Himelhoch
authors.forename: Atlisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Eli N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Perencevich
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*