The Effect of Telemonitoring on Anxiety and Quality of Life in Patients in COVID 19 Quarantine
Condition: COVID-19 Pandemic
MeSH terms: COVID-19
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of telemonitoring service to be given to
      patients kept under quarantine during the COVID 19 pandemic on anxiety and quality of life.
    

Detailed description: 
      The COVID 19 pandemic, which continues today, has caused radical changes in social, cultural,
      education, and health systems around the world(Zhang and Liu 2020; Wang et all 2020; Alipour
      &Abdolahzadeh 2020). In this period, health care providers tried to use telehealth services
      as a good alternative to solve the problems caused by quarantine, social isolation practices
      to reduce the rate of transmission of the disease, and the limitation of physical access to
      health services due to the risk of transmission.

      Thus, the use of telehealth applications, which first started in the 1950s, gained momentum
      especially during the pandemic period (Byrne 2020; Lurie & Carr 2018; Clipper 2020;
      Fagherazzi 2020). Telehealth applications, which have the opportunity to be widely used
      during the COVID 19 pandemic period, are generally a system that provides two-way
      communication between healthcare professionals and patients and includes image, speech, and
      digital communication technologies (Hazin & Qaddoumi, 2010; Merz et all 2021; Bryne 2020).
      Tele-monitoring is a good option to support patients in the management of existing physical
      symptoms of quarantined patients who are isolated at home, except for patients who need
      outpatient or hospital treatment in the COVID 19 pandemic. In studies investigating the
      presence of mental problems as a result of the decrease in the social support of the patients
      in this group due to social isolation, the study results indicate that the patients
      experience negative conditions such as depression, stress, sleep problems, and anxiety (Verma
      2020, Alipour et all 2020; Chakeri et all 2020).

      Therefore, when quarantined patients are evaluated holistically, there is a need for studies
      evaluating the effect of telehealth services to increase the quality of life by coping with
      mental problems such as anxiety and depression. Although there are studies in the related
      literature showing that telemonitoring can cope with physical problems, improve quality of
      life, and reduce mental problems such as anxiety and depression, studies showing the effect
      of telemonitoring given to quarantined patients on anxiety and quality of life are quite
      limited (Kamei et all 2021; Jahromi et all 2016; Charekei et all 2020; Allipour et all 2020).
      For this reason, our study was carried out to evaluate the effect of telemonitoring service
      to be given to patients kept under quarantine during the COVID 19 pandemic on anxiety and
      quality of life.
    

Intervention name(s): tele-monitoring
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): The symptoms of the patients were evaluated by calling the patients on the 1st, 5th, and 9th days of the quarantine by the researchers.
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: A Clinical trial with experimental and control groups with
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care
Keywords: telemedicine; anxiety; quarantine; Quality of Life