SynthesisBMJ open2020
Impact of isolation on hospitalised patients who are infectious: systematic review with meta-analysis.
Synthesis in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04351789 (Impact of a Minimal Psychoeducational Intervention Versus Standard of Care on Anxiety Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Denmark), which is not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact of a Minimal Psychoeducational Intervention Versus Standard of Care on Anxiety Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Denmark: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
79 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient satisfaction with infection prevention and control interventions in acute hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Prevention in adults of transmission of infection with multidrug-resistant organisms: an updated systematic review from Making Healthcare Safer IV.BMJ quality & safety · 2025Pooled it
- Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Mental health effects of infection containment strategies: quarantine and isolation-a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Mental health outcomes of quarantine and isolation for infection prevention: a systematic umbrella review of the global evidence.Epidemiology and health · 2020Pooled it
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- Clinical and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: Hospitalization Burden, De Novo Anxiolytic Use, and Long-Term Survival.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Local translation of national guidance on discontinuing COVID-19 isolation into hospital policies results in considerable differences.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Association between isolation room admission in intensive care units and long-term psychiatric disorders: a nationwide cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of isolation training given to the caregivers of patients in isolation with different methods: a randomized controlled study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Impact of nurse staffing coverage and care complexity factors on health outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Limited yield of SARS-CoV-2 screening in asymptomatic hematopoietic cell transplant and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy patients.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- Comfort Need of Hospitalised Patients With Covid-19 During Isolation Precaution: A Qualitative Study.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Association of social isolation and depressive symptoms with workplace productivity loss in a multi-ethnic Asian study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The black box of the relationship between breast cancer patients and accompanying patients: the accompanied patients' point of view.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Adaptation and validation of a quantitative vanA/vanB DNA screening assay on a high-throughput PCR system.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The effect of social support on home isolation anxiety and depression among college students in the post-pandemic era: the mediating effect of perceived loss of control and the moderating role of family socioeconomic status.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically review the literature exploring the impact of isolation on hospitalised patients who are infectious: psychological and non-psychological outcomes.
designSystematic review with meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Embase, Medline and PsycINFO were searched from inception until December 2018. Reference lists and Google Scholar were also handsearched.
resultsTwenty-six papers published from database inception to December 2018 were reviewed. A wide range of psychological and non-psychological outcomes were reported. There was a marked trend for isolated patients to exhibit higher levels of depression, the pooled standardised mean difference being 1.28 (95% CI 0.47 to 2.09) and anxiety 1.45 (95% CI 0.56 to 2.34), although both had high levels of heterogeneity, and worse outcomes for a range of care-related factors but with significant variation.
conclusionThe review indicates that isolation to contain the risk of infection has negative consequences for segregated patients. Although strength of the evidence is weak, comprising primarily single-centre convenience samples, consistency of the effects may strengthen this conclusion. More research needs to be undertaken to examine this relationship and develop and test interventions to reduce the negative effects of isolation.
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