Anxiety and Depression in Hospitalized Patients in Resistant Organism Isolation
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 96 (2) , 141-145
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000050683.36014.2e
Abstract
Background: Previous studies have reported an increase in psychiatric symptoms in seriously ill patients who were placed in resistant organism isolation. We conducted this study to assess whether there is an increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients who are not critically ill and are placed in isolation. Methods: Patients hospitalized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...Keywords
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