Finally, those with a family member infected and young person who had to work outside their domicile presented higher levels of anxiety and stress, respectively. Having an acquaintance infected was associated with increased levels of both depression and stress, whereas a history of stressful situations and medical problems was associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety. Female gender, negative affect, and detachment were associated with higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. Multivariate ordinal logistic regression models were constructed to examine the associations between sociodemographic variables personality traits depression, anxiety, and stress.
An online survey was administered from 18–22 March 2020 to 2766 participants. The present study aims to establish the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and identify risk and protective factors for psychological distress in the general population. Quarantine has a huge impact and can cause considerable psychological strain. The uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has called for unprecedented measures, to the extent that the Italian government has imposed a quarantine on the entire country.
In the foreseeable event of future pandemics, these experiences are a promising target for health promotion in students studying in lockdown. Scale scores were significantly associated with depression, self-rated mental health, impaired study efficacy and doomscrolling.Ĭonclusions: The adverse effects of lockdown on student wellbeing appear to be driven to an important extent by an experience of isolation and demotivation that correspond to narrative descriptions of cabin fever. Results: Mokken scaling identified seven questions that together formed a strongly unidimensional scale which comprised two domains : social isolation/cabin fever and demotivation / demoralisation. Item content was developed based on current literature and input from student representatives. Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey of 649 undergraduate medicine and health sciences students. While the mental health consequences of lockdown are increasingly understood, the core features of ‘cabin fever’ are poorly described. The 10-item CFS is deemed a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring cabin fever in Malaysia.īackground: The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many student populations learning online in lockdown.
Both CFS subscales demonstrated good internal reliability with Cronbach's Alpha values of. The behavioural symptoms comprise food craving, decreased motivation, difficulty waking up, and frequent naps, while emotional symptoms include anxiety, lethargy, depression, impatience, hopelessness, and dissatisfaction. Findings show that Malaysians viewed cabin fever as both behavioural and emotional symptoms. Exploratory factor analyses showed that the CFS items were pooled into two factors: behavioural symptoms (six items) and emotional symptoms (four items).
A total of 124 adults (75% females M = 29.3 years) were recruited via the snowball sampling method to participate in an online survey. However, there is a lack of validated instruments hence, this study attempts to develop an instrument for Malaysian adults, named Cabin Fever Scale (CFS). Considering the negative impact of cabin fever, it is crucial to assess cabin fever symptoms among Malaysians. Being confined in a building for a lengthy period exposes individuals to the risk of having a range of symptoms known as cabin fever. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Malaysian government implemented a movement control order, an emergency policy that instructed all people in the country to stay home.