TY - JOUR T1 - Compliance and Psychological Impact of Quarantine in Children and Adolescents due to Covid-19 Pandemic. AU - Saurabh,Kumar, AU - Ranjan,Shilpi, Y1 - 2020/05/29/ PY - 2020/04/18/received PY - 2020/05/11/accepted PY - 2020/5/31/pubmed PY - 2020/7/3/medline PY - 2020/5/31/entrez KW - Adolescents KW - Compliance KW - Covid-19 KW - Psychological KW - Quarantine SP - 532 EP - 536 JF - Indian journal of pediatrics JO - Indian J Pediatr VL - 87 IS - 7 N2 - OBJECTIVES: To examine a cohort of children and adolescents quarantined during Coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in India and to describe their understanding of, compliance with and the psychological impact of quarantine experience. METHODS: One hundred twenty one children and adolescents along with their parents were interviewed regarding their compliance and psychological distress during the quarantine period. A comparable data was also obtained from 131 children and adolescents who were not quarantined. RESULTS: Most of the children and adolescents were non-compliant as compliance with all requirements was low (7.43%), though compliance with community protective measures (17.35%) was better than compliance with household protective measures (10.71%). Quarantined children and adolescents experienced greater psychological distress than non-quarantined children and adolescents (p ˂0.001). Worry (68.59%), helplessness (66.11%) and fear (61.98%) were the most common feelings experienced under quarantine. CONCLUSIONS: The low compliance with quarantine requirements as seen in this study raises a serious concern about the effectiveness of quarantine as a preventive measure of disease transmission. Compliance and mental health problems can be improved by providing adequate financial support and enhanced knowledge about pandemic planning. SN - 0973-7693 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32472347/Compliance_and_Psychological_Impact_of_Quarantine_in_Children_and_Adolescents_due_to_Covid_19_Pandemic_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -